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Regulation and radio policy
Who allocates frequencies, approves equipment and sets limits: the bodies and abbreviations that turn up in the cases under /funkpolitik, from the world radio treaty to the federal law gazette.
- ITU
- International Telecommunication Union of the United Nations in Geneva, divides the spectrum into services worldwide
- WRC
- World Radiocommunication Conference of the ITU, meets roughly every four years and amends the Radio Regulations; the next one is in 2027
- CEPT
- European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations, 46 countries, coordinates frequency use in Europe
- ECC
- Electronic Communications Committee of the CEPT, adopts decisions and recommendations and invites comments
- CPG
- preparatory group of the CEPT for the World Radiocommunication Conference, sets the common European positions
- IARU
- International Amateur Radio Union, umbrella body of the national amateur radio societies, represents amateur radio at the ITU and CEPT
- BNetzA
- Bundesnetzagentur, the German regulator: assigns frequencies and callsigns, runs the exams and investigates interference
- DIP
- documentation and information system for parliamentary material of the Bundestag and Bundesrat: printed papers, minutes, proceedings
- BGBl
- Bundesgesetzblatt (federal law gazette), where laws and ordinances are promulgated; only then do they apply
- RED
- Radio Equipment Directive of the EU (2014/53/EU), governs which radio equipment may be placed on the market; home-built amateur equipment is exempt
- SRD
- short range devices such as remote keys and sensors, often on 433 MHz and 868 MHz, partly inside the amateur bands
- PLC
- data transmission over mains wiring (powerline), radiates on HF and spoils reception
- CISPR
- special committee of the IEC on radio interference, writes the standards with the limits for emissions from equipment
- EMVU
- environmental compatibility of electromagnetic fields: protecting people from fields, for radio amateurs covered by the BEMFV
- KRITIS
- critical infrastructure such as power, water and telecoms; in civil protection it is often about radio as a fallback
- Konsultation
- an authority or body asks the public for comments on a draft, with a deadline; that is where you can have your say
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