A 20 km radius around Ny-Ålesund is defined as a radio silent area and especially the operation of radio transmitters between 2 and 32 GHz requires a license from the Norwegian telecommunication authority NKOM. In addition it is mandatory not to disturb other research activities at Ny-Ålesund, which is monitored by local institutions (Norwegian Polar Institute, Kingsbay Company and individual research bases).
The operation of equipment with disturbing radio signals may be denied or stopped onsite at any time, despite of permissions from NKOM.
The reception of satellites at the satellite receiving station Ny-Ålesund (operated since 2001) can be disturbed by local radio signals in the range between 2 and 2.5 GHz. The following rules are considered by GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences, operator of local satellite receiving station) to be sufficient for the prevention of disturbances.
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2:00 - 2:11 5:11 - 5:22 10:01 - 10:10 |
0:34 - 0:45 2:09 - 2:20 18:19 - 18:28 |
0:43 - 0:54 3:54 - 4:05 5:29 - 5:41 |
0:52 - 1:03 4:03 - 4:14 5:39 - 5:50 |
1:01 - 1:13 4:12 - 4:23 5:48 - 5:59 |
1:11 - 1:22 4:21 - 4:33 5:57 - 6:08 |