April 23, 2025

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Via Southgate: Switzerland: Ofcom formalize home construction exemption

The USKA say the essence of amateur radio is that you can also operate transmitters you have built yourself

The introduction of the European CE certification requirement in Switzerland at the time stood in contradiction to such freedoms. For this reason, in January 2010 OFCOM specified the practical application of CE conformity for radio amateurs in an additional letter.

In connection with the new European radio directive in 2015, as well as the new Telecommunications Act and the corresponding ordinances since January 1, 2021, OFCOM has adapted the details of the rules to the current legislation and made them official in OFCOM Newsletter No. 429 released June 1, 2022.

Read more – Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/july/switzerland-ofcom-formalize-home-construction-exemption.htm
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