ITU Radio Regulations
Permitted Communications
- Radiocommunication between amateur stations in different countries ...
- Is permitted unless the administration of one of the countries concerned has notified
that it objects to such radiocommunications
- Is limited to communications incidental to the purposes of the amateur
service and to remarks of a personal character
- Cannot be encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning, except for control
signals exchanged between earth command stations and space stations in the amateur-satellite service.
(So, for ordinary communications, Morse Code can be used, as can any other form of encoding, such
as computer-generated digital modes, provided the form of encoding is not secret)
- In general, licensed amateur stations are permitted
only to contact other licensed amateur stations.
This restriction – and the restriction on the content of transmissions
(point b. above) – may be eased for communications on behalf of third parties
in case of emergencies or disaster relief
- An example of the emergency communications referred to above is
the Amateur Radio Emergency Network (AREN), a Public Service Voluntary Radio Emergency Network
run by IRTS in co-operation with ComReg.
AREN operators are permitted to pass the third party messages of designated Emergency Services
such as the Fire Service, Civil Defence and Mountain Rescue