Radio Regulations

Source: the Radio Regulations published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Radio Regulations — Articles

Volume 1 of the Radio Regulations: what a term means, how an assignment is coordinated and notified, what a station may radiate, how a distress call is made. The text in force, RR-2024.

RR-2024 61 articles Article 5 — the Table of Frequency Allocations

CHAPTER I

Terminology and technical characteristics

1 Terms and definitions
2 Nomenclature
3 Technical characteristics of stations

CHAPTER II

Frequencies

4 Assignment and use of frequencies
6 Special agreements

CHAPTER III

Coordination, notification and recording of frequency assignments and Plan modifications

7 Application of the procedures
8 Status of frequency assignments recorded in the Master International Frequency Register
9 Procedure for effecting coordination with or obtaining agreement of other administrations
10 (Number not used)
11 Notification and recording of frequency assignments
12 Seasonal planning of the HF bands allocated to the broadcasting service between 5 900 kHz and 26 100 kHz
13 Instructions to the Bureau
14 Procedure for the review of a finding or other decision of the Bureau

CHAPTER IV

Interferences

15 Interferences
16 International monitoring

CHAPTER V

Administrative provisions

17 Secrecy
18 Licences
19 Identification of stations
20 Service publications and online information systems

CHAPTER VI

Provisions for services and stations

21 Terrestrial and space services sharing frequency bands above 1 GHz
22 Space services
23 Broadcasting services
24 Fixed service
25 Amateur services
26 Standard frequency and time signal service
27 Experimental stations
28 Radiodetermination services
29 Radio astronomy service
29A Radio services related to Earth observation
29B Radio service related to space weather observations

CHAPTER VII

Distress and safety communications

30 General provisions
31 Frequencies for the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS)
32 Operational procedures for distress communications in the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS)
33 Operational procedures for urgency and safety communications in the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS)
34 Alerting signals in the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS)

CHAPTER VIII

Aeronautical services

35 Introduction
36 Authority of the person responsible for the station
37 Operator’s certificates
38 Personnel
39 Inspection of stations
40 Working hours of stations
41 Communications with stations in the maritime services
42 Conditions to be observed by stations
43 Special rules relating to the use of frequencies
44 Order of priority of communications
45 General communication procedure

CHAPTER IX

Maritime services

46 Authority of the master
47 Operator’s certificates
48 Personnel
49 Inspection of stations
50 Working hours of stations
51 Conditions to be observed in the maritime services
52 Special rules relating to the use of frequencies
53 Order of priority of communications
54 Selective calling
54A Automatic connection system
55 Morse radiotelegraphy
56 Narrow-band direct-printing telegraphy
57 Radiotelephony
58 Charging and accounting for maritime radiocommunications

CHAPTER X

Provisions for entry into force of the Radio Regulations (WRC-12)

59 Entry into force and provisional application of the Radio Regulations

Source: ITU Radio Regulations, editions of 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024. The English, French and Spanish texts are each taken from the official edition in that language, not translated from one another. Sources and citation.