Comreg

watty · 25-07-2008 1:22pm #1

Thread for all sorts of Comreg /EU Radio related stuff of interest

Kicking off:

1) LPD433 10mW Walkie Talkies for 433MHz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-power_communication_device
Midland does a combo PMR446 / LPD433

http://www.comreg.ie/publications/information_notice-harmonised_services_of_social_value.583.102705.p.html
2) Radio Experimenter Licence: Automatic Station Operation
http://www.comreg.ie/publications/doc.583.103144.p.html

3) The introduction of New Short Range Devices into Ireland
http://www.comreg.ie/publications/doc.583.103149.p.html

watty · 31-07-2008 5:12pm

A good resource for scanning enthusiasts

http://www.comreg.ie/publications/doc.583.103159.p.html

July 2008 update.
9kHz to 275GHz allocations.

Direct link
http://www.comreg.ie/_fileupload/publications/ComReg0781R2.pdf

page 191 onwards is footnotes
235 pages in landscape format.

watty · 09-10-2008 12:00pm

http://www.comreg.ie/publications/information_notice_-_radio_experimenter_licence__automatic_station_operation_comreg_08_80.583.103199.p.html

http://www.comreg.ie/publications/radio_experimenter_licence__automatic_station_operation.583.103198.p.html

watty · 06-02-2009 3:07pm

Various interesting Documents
http://www.comreg.ie/publications/publications/latest_publications.597.0.0.2008.p.html

Applying for additional Frequencies

http://www.comreg.ie/publications/radio_experimenter_licence__additional_authorisation_powers_or_frequencies.583.103148.p.html
specific form: http://www.comreg.ie/_fileupload/publications/ComReg0207R2.pdf

0.1357 – 0.1378 MHz
No SSB, 1W ERP
5.00 – 5.50 MHz
Channelised Operation, no transmission to UK Cadet stations
1300 – 1304 MHz
2300 – 2450 MHz
No ATV allowed, Overlaps WiFi and Video Senders
5650 – 5850 MHz
May overlap some WAN and WiFi
10000 – 10500 MHz
Gap at 10.270 -- 10.300GHz. Overlaps Broadband downlinks (up to 10.270) and Traffic sensors at 10.4GHz. Many Beacons at 10.252GHz

watty · 23-02-2009 9:49am

500 kHz

The general position of ComReg is that it will consider
the allocation of spectrum around 500 kHz on the basis
of a common European position.

However, in the light of developments internationally
on 500 kHz, it was agreed that a limited number of
permissions would be granted here.

This will be achieved by a Test and Trial licence
issued to IRTS under which a limited number of
experimenters, both members and non-members of IRTS,
would be granted permission to operate on 500 kHz.

The detailed arrangements have to be worked out and we
will keep you informed of developments.

7 and 10 MHz

The segment 7100 to 7200 kHz will be upgraded to
‘amateur primary’ with effect from 29 March next.

Also at that time the modes on 10 MHz will be revised
to permit modes with bandwidths of less than 500 Hz to
be used above 10140 kHz.

watty · 23-02-2009 9:50am

Lifetime Licences

The necessary revisions to the Regulations to give
effect to lifetime licences have been completed and the
target commencement date is 20 April next. Renewals
after that date will be invoiced with the €30 lifetime
licence fee and a lifetime licence will be issued. New
applicants after that date,including those who have let
their call signs lapse, will pay a fee of €100

Consideration is being given to accepting renewal
applications under the existing arrangements up to a
date in the relatively near future. This would also
allow those who have lost their original call signs a
once off opportunity to apply for their re-instatement.
If this is agreed, we will bring you the details as
soon as we can.

5 MHz

The present permits will expire on the expiry date of
the associated licence and an application will be
required for continuance.

This can take the form of a letter sent to ComReg at
the time of the payment of the licence fee. An
application on the appropriate ComReg form will only be
required where a variation in the terms of the original
permit is being sought.

Additional Power

No general increase in power levels is to be granted
for the present.

It was agreed that the Society would make an
application for a general increase in power for the
duration of a list of specified International Contests.

For special event stations or for particular
experiments it is proposed that above a certain power
threshold (which has yet to be defined by ComReg) then
the Test and Trial licence provisions will apply.

Maritime Mobile

Any operation on water requires an application to
ComReg.

If it is clear from the application that operation
will be on a river or lake and the maritime mobile
would not be appropriate then the permission will be
for /M and not /MM.

Application for all of the recognised bands at present
power levels may be made. The actual bands and power
level granted will depend on consultation, where
considered necessary, with the Department of Transport
which is responsible for maritime safety.

watty · 23-02-2009 9:51am

It is accepted that IRTS has a role in representing the
views of experimenters and due weight will be given to
its view. A formal meeting will be held at least once a
year between ComReg and IRTS. Other meetings can be
held if necessary.

Agreed that IRTS review existing ComReg published
documentation in the light of the necessity to revise
some of this in the context of lifelong licences.

Felim_Doyle · 11-06-2011 8:20am

What is the current implementation of Citizens' Band (CB) regulations EN 300 135 and EN 300 433 in Ireland and what, if any, of the proposed changes to these standards with regard to the use of AM, SSB and increased power, are likely to be adopted in the Republic?

brownmini · 15-06-2011 10:49pm

Felim_Doyle wrote: »

What is the current implementation of
Citizens' Band (CB) regulations EN 300 135 and EN 300 433 in Ireland and
what, if any, of the proposed changes to these standards with regard to
the use of AM, SSB and increased power, are likely to be adopted in the
Republic?

Please see:
http://www.comreg.ie/_fileupload/publications/SI436of1998.pdf

Please note that the radio must be type approved.
Post delivery modifications will invalidate the radio from the specs listed.

But please be advised that the specs as listed seem to refer to the CB
band as being 26.965 to 27.405 MHz.
In Ireland, the specturm between 27.405 and the start of the CADS/WPAS
band is regarded as a deliberate empty space.

Felim_Doyle · 14-08-2011 4:05pm

Does anyone know if there has been any update on the status of EN 300 433? I did e-mail ComReg a couple of months ago but at that stage they were still considering it. There has been nothing official in the UK yet but I believe that several other CEPT countries have already implemented the 4W AM and 12W SSB changes to EN 300 433 or are set to do so by 1st October 2011.

watty · 14-08-2011 4:14pm

You can't legally modify CB or PMR446 or SRD868 etc gear anyway, so irrelevant to existing gear.

Likely if it's in the shops and has a CE mark and does 4W AM 12W SSB, then Comreg will do nothing. No Doubt if most of EU is adopting this and CE marked gear on sale then Comreg will update the paper work eventually.

They are not very proactive if there are no complaints. The last time I asked them something they hadn't decided a year later.

Felim_Doyle · 15-08-2011 11:06am

Although a lot of 27MHz users in the UK fear that Ofcom will not implement the changes, there has been nothing official on the subject either way as yet. They are probably busy with the Digital TV switch-over and, even more so, the allocation of radio frequencies for the 2012 Olympic Games.

I guess we'll have to wait patiently for an announcement from ComReg, Ofcom and the other telecomms regulators in the 48 CEPT member states.

I'm coming over to Dublin later this week and had hoped to bring some 27MHz hand-held equipment with me but I've had to forgo it on this trip. Maybe by my next trip in the autumn, this issue will have been resolved.

watty · 05-03-2015 6:56pm

5 year Renewal ...

You can't do it if they don't have your email on file.

But the contacts page doesn't seem to update!

Fred Swanson · 10-03-2015 6:43pm

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watty · 10-03-2015 9:19pm

No indication how.
The contact email address (but not other details!) updated next day.
Two letters and you need to visit web site on different days. What a lack of efficiency!

I'd certainly not hire this outfit to do regulation for me when I create my new country with me as Dictator for Life.

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