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NATO Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement (NJFA) and is the universal

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common civil/military treaty to regulate the military access to the

radio frequency spectrum Radio frequency (RF) is the oscillation rate of an alternating electric current or voltage or of a magnetic, electric or electromagnetic field or mechanical system in the frequency range from around to around . This is roughly between the upper ...

in the range of 14

kHz The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose expression in terms of SI base units is s−1, meaning that on ...

to 100

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in peacetime, during exercises, in times of crisis, and in military operations. This document has been the basis for the frequency utilisation in NATO-Europe since 1982. Nations and organisations, e.g. partnership for peace countries, are invited to participate as deemed to be necessary. The national representatives of the frequency sovereignty agree unanimous to changes of the NJFA, in line to decisions of

World Radiocommunication Conference The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is a conference organized by the ITU to review and, as necessary, revise the Radio Regulations, the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum as well as geostationary and ...

s, operational requirement of the armed forces, and technical developments. However, the provision of "Article 38 of the International Telecommunication Convention, Nairobi 1982" remains untouched.International Telecommunication Convention, Nairobi 1982; § 163, 1. The member countries contain full sovereignty pertaining military

radio equipment Radio-frequency (RF) engineering is a subset of electronic engineering involving the application of transmission line, waveguide, antenna and electromagnetic field principles to the design and application of devices that produce or use signals ...

of national land -, air -, and naval forces

Particularities

*The military use of the frequency spectrum is based on the provisions of the

ITU Radio Regulations The ITU Radio Regulations (short: RR) is a basic document of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that regulates on law of nations scale radiocommunication services and the utilisation of radio frequencies. It is the supplementation t ...

and the ITU Constitution (Article 48 and RR N.342). *A ''supplement to the NJFA'' for states of emergency, and times of crisis and war, on the use of radio spectrum for military purposes required by NATO forces or in support of NATO, caters for additional spectrum.

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*Internationaler Fernmeldevertrag; Schlußprotokoll, Zusatzprotokoll, Fakultatives Zusatzprotokoll, Entschließungen, Empfehlungen und Begehren; NAIROBI, 1982 (Bundesdruckerei 424650 9.84/321; 1984 Deutsche Übersetzung)

External links

''NATO Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement (NJFA)''
NATO treaties Radio spectrum

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