[Packet] OT: Ham rules

Sat, 19 Apr 2003 08:08:35 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Miro,

I will give you the information that you request. I'm
sure others will as well.

AE1X:kes

--- Miroslav Skoric <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello gentle folks,
> 
> Well, recently I posted a message via the packet
> network:
> 
>
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> Hello all,
> 
> Well, here in Serbia, we are going to make the new
> telecom law. Amateur radio
> activities are also about to be  regulated with the
> law. Our government, i.e.
> governmental  agencies  for  telecomminications and 
> science  needs  as  many
> information related to foreign experiences  in ham
> regulatory as available. I
> am already involved in that  topic with several
> suggestions and  papers given
> in some domestic ICT conferences. But ...
> 
Amateur Radio in the United States is regulated by
Federal Communications Commission under the
Communications Act of 1934 as amended. The rules
governing the service are contained in Part 97 of the
Commission Rules. These can be viewed on-line if you
would like view them.

> What I would like to see is some contribution that
> come directly from amateur
> community. You are invited  to send your
> local/national regulatory principles
> that govern the ham radio activities.  In particular
> you are asked to  answer
> to some important questions:
> 
> - Is it needed in your country to be a member of
> ARRL in order to get amateur
> licence (of course in USA, but  also goes for other
> national ham  unions)? At
> the moment, in Serbia, here a person  has to me a
> member of the  national ham
> union, as a legal requirement to apply for a
> licence.

Membership in our national organization is not
required.
> 
> - Is it needed to be a member of any local ham club,
> the same reason?

NO!

> 
> -  How do  you obtain  your ham  licences (from  the
> FCC  /or other  national
> authority/, or  from the  ham union)?  Here we make
> the paperwork via the ham
> union  who  then  sends  the application  to  the 
> governmental  agency. That
> procedure is very slow and inefficient, so  many ham
> get no answer at all, or
> they wait for  a 1-2 years  before they get  their
> papers. The bureaucracy in
> the union only wants to get  the membership money
> and various taxes, but they
> make the whole procedure very slow and almost
> impossible.

Years ago, we were required to take our examinations
at an FCC field office and you had to wait for your
ticket. This process could take up to 2 months for the
license to arrive. The remedy for this was a temporary
license for those that were upgrading. This was
changed entirely in the 80's. Our examinations are
administered at HAM Fests, Local Club sessions, etc...
by a panel of Certified Examiners called Volunteen
Examination Coordinators (VEC). There are a number of
organizations in the US that certify VECs. At the
moment the cost for Amateur Radio Service license is
in the neighborhood of $12. This fee is set annually
by the FCC.

> 
> - What papers (if any) do you have  to  submit  when
>  you  apply  for  a  ham
> permission? Do you  have to submit,  for example, a 
> citizenship receipt or a
> receipt from the county where you were  born, or
> anything like that (as we do
> here)?

I was examined in College for my first Amateur Radio
Service license. An individual Amateur could
administer a Technician or Novice examination when I
got my ticket in 1972 (WA1PYZ).

I don't recall that the FCC required any
identification except if you were from a foreign
country. That is an area with which I am not familiar.

> 
> - What is the procedure to get  the licence? Do you
> make it directly with the
> FCC or you  use some other  agencies (like the 
> national postal authority  or
> like)?
> 
> - How much do you pay for a new licence or to renew
> the old one, per a year?
> 
> -  Do  you  have  to  take  your  radios to a
> special service to be officialy
> checked to see if your radios  meet some (unknown)
> national standards, or  to
> check if the service's instruments "are better" than
> the Japanese radios (for
> example)? Here we have to check  our radios, even
> the factory brand new ones,
> before the  rest of  licensing procedure.  Our every
> particular radio has its
> own separate permission, but not only  that. Our
> permissions are issued for a
> period of 5 years. When the  papers void, another
> one "service check" must be
> done again and  again. I suppose  that an official 
> check may be suitable for
> home-made radios built from scratch, but what about
> modern transceivers?

We are not required to have our equipment checked by
any government entity. Equipment being manufactured
for sale must meet the test of meeting the best
engineering practice at the time of design. We are
permitted as few or as many radioes as we wish without
prior approval. We are individually responsible for
meeting the best practices rule. We will be notified
if there is a problem with our equipment. We are
self-regulating for the most part.

> 
> - Some other suggestions and details you think might
> be useful ...
> 
> You should use the following email addresses:
> 
> [email protected] (Ministry of Science, Technology and
> Development)
> [email protected] (Ministry of
> Telecommunications)
> [email protected] (Agency for Informatics
> development)
> [email protected] (the Government of Serbia)
> 
> Please use all of them because they are all involved
> in the new laws.
> 
> Of  course,  you  are  also  invited  to  send a CC
> of your email to my email
> address and that is: [email protected]
> 
> Keep me informed. Any constructive help  is
> appreciated. I hope you can  help
> us to make modern and better rules and regulations.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Misko YT7MPB
> [email protected]
>
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> 
> 
> Case you think you may help, please do so. The law
> will be handled
> next week.
> 
>   
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Misko YT7MPB                         
> mailto:[email protected]
> 
> 
> 
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