Amateur Radio Licence Information

Amateur Radio Licence Information - VK6 Education index

There are currently five licence classes for Australian amateur radio operators.
Each of these allows different access to the amateur bands
and requires a different knowledge level.

Licence	Permitted bands	Subjects Required
UNRESTRICTED	All Amatuer Bands	10 WPM Morse Sending 10 WPM Morse Receiving Full Theory Regulations
INTERMEDIATE	All Amateur Bands	5 WPM Morse Sending 5 WPM Morse Receiving Full Theory Regulations
LIMITED	All amateur bands above 50Mhz + 10m Band 29.0Mhz to 29.7Mhz	Full Theory Regulations
NOVICE	80m Band 3.525 Mhz - 3.625 Mhz 15m Band 21.125 Mhz - 21.3 Mhz 10m Band 28.1 Mhz - 28.6 Mhz 2m Band 144.692 Mhz-145.208Mhz 146.0 Mhz - 148.0 Mhz 70cm Band 433.0 Mhz - 435.0 Mhz 438.0 Mhz - 440.0 Mhz	5 WPM Morse Sending 5 WPM Morse Receiving Novice Theory Regulations
NOVICE LIMITED	2m Band 144.692 Mhz-145.208Mhz 146.0 Mhz - 148.0 Mhz 70cm Band 433.0 Mhz - 435.0 Mhz 438.0 Mhz - 440.0 Mhz	Novice Theory Regulations

NB. Once any subject has been passed it is not retested.

Page updated 16th November 2002

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