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 (iii) technical investigations into radiocommunications; or
 (iv) transmitting news and information services related to the operation of amateur stations, as a means of facilitating intercommunication;
 (b) use an amateur station for financial gain or for the purpose of obtaining financial gain;
 (c) transmit:
 (i) a message that is, or includes, an advertisement; or
 (ii) any form of entertainment.
7 Interference
  The licensee must not operate an amateur station if its operation causes harmful interference to radiocommunication.
7A Spurious emission limits for an amateur station
 (1) The licensee must not operate an amateur station if the emissions of the station include spurious emissions that are not attenuated below the power of the wanted emission supplied to the antenna transmission line by:
 (a) for frequencies less than 30 MHz — the lesser of:
 (i) 43 + 10 log (PEP) dB; and
 (ii) 50 dB; or
 (b) for frequencies equal to or greater than 30 MHz — the lesser of:
 (i) 43 + 10 log (P) dB; and
 (ii) 70 dB.
 (2) In subsection (1):
P means mean power in watts supplied to the antenna transmission line.
PEP means peak envelope power in watts supplied to the antenna transmission line.
8 Operation of an amateur station
    Call signs
 (1A) For the purposes of this section, the licensee of an amateur station (other than an amateur beacon station or amateur repeater station) may, on the following days, substitute the prefix letters VK in the call sign of the station with the prefix letters AX:
 (a) 26 January;
 (b) 25 April;
 (c) 17 May.
Example If the call sign specified in the licensee's licence is VK1ZZZ, the licensee may use the call sign AX1ZZZ on the days mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) above.
Note 26 January is Australia Day, 25 April is Anzac Day and 17 May is World Telecommunication Day.
 (1) Subject to subsection (2A), if the licensee makes a single transmission from an amateur station (other than an amateur beacon station or amateur repeater station), the licensee must transmit the call sign of any station being called, or communicated with, followed by the call sign of the licensee's amateur station:
 (a) at the beginning of the transmission;
 (b) at the end of the transmission;
 (c) if the transmission lasts more than 10 minutes — at least once during each period of 10 minutes, or part thereof, in the transmission;
      by voice (using the English language), by visual image or by an internationally recognised code.
 (2) Subject to subsection (2A), if the licensee makes a series of transmissions from an amateur station (other than an amateur beacon station or amateur repeater station) to a station with which communications have been established, the