Roger
Your question below got me thinking about the complicated nature of our national regulations as they are also linked to EU regulations (therefore you should find the same regulations in all EU countries)!
I think you are referring to UKFAT 2013 Annex B: Short Range Devices; Section 15 Inductive Devices
Licence exempt means you can operate under specified conditions without an individual licence.
For the frequency range 60.25-90 kHz UK Licence exempt regulations have been transposed from European Commission (EC) Decision 2011/829/EU:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32011D0829:EN:NOT
The exemption orders (implementing the EC Decision) are in UK Statutory Instruments (SIs):
The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations ( with various amendments)
You can download them here:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi?title=The%20Wireless%20Telegraphy%20%28Exemption%29%20Regulations
The SI dealing with induction (and frequency range 60.25-90 kHz) is: 2010 No. 2512
For licence exempt operation in the frequency range 60.25 – 90 kHz with 72 dBuA at 10m
SI 2010 refers to apparatus complying with UK Interface Requirement IR2030 which requires kit to meet ETSI European Norm EN300330
You can download UK Interface Requirements from:
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/technical/interface-requirements/
It’s on the second web page
IR2030 June 2013 as a PDF
Inductive applications are on page 40
ETSI Standards are free of charge you can download EN300330 from:
http://pda.etsi.org/pda/queryform.asp
73 Terry
Is my reading of the UK frequency allocation chart right?
One can operate without a licence in the old 73kHz band using licence-exempt inductive devices rules as long as the output is less than 72dBuA at 10m? Not sure what sort of ERP this equates to. A few uW I assume?
Perhaps someone can advise/confirm.
73s
Roger G3XBM
