National Regulations and Guidelines

Land Mobile

  • Where an amateur station is installed in a land-based vehicle the following additional provisions apply …
  • The call sign must be suffixed by ‘/M’ (“slash mobile”)
  • The particulars of the mobile station’s location must be sent at the beginning and end of a contact with each station or at intervals of 30 minutes whichever is the more frequent.  This location must be included in the logbook when recording communications
  • A station cannot be established within any estuary, dock or harbour or in the vicinity of an airport or radio navigation installation
  • The power limit is 50W (17 dBW), except on the 70 MHz band where the power limit is 25W (14 dBW)