AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY OF KENYA
POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 45681, Nairobi - 00100, KENYA

 

 

WELCOME TO KENYA AND THE ARSK WEBSITE.
IN KISWAHILI WE SAY "KARIBU", OR IN THE
PLURAL "KARIBUNI!"
WE HOPE THIS INFORMATION
WILL BE OF USE TO EVERYONE
INTERESTED IN KENYA - 5Z4 LAND.

 

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Club Activities
Licensing Information
General Information

ARSK Callbook

Awards

Updated 8th MAY, 2012


The regular Shack Meeting was held on Saturday, 5th May.  Only routine matters were dicussed and the next

meeting was fixed for 9th June.

          Licenses all expire on 30th June – members should take care to renew.    

Dani, EA4ATI, expects to be in Kenya with the Red Cross for at least two years, and is applying for a license.

                   

          The CCK Amateur License application form RF2 has been modified with effect from 24th April 2009 and now comprises only three pages rather than five, making it easier to download from the Internet.   Hopefully it is also easier to understand.   If the new issue is not available from the CCK website it can be sent by e-mail from ARSK. 

        Applicants sending US Dollars for license payments should be aware that notes dated earlier than the year 2000 are often refused for exchange here, but if accepted they are liable to a much reduced rate - the full rate is about Shs.97 but they may be valued at a lot less.   The Pound Sterling is presently valued at around Shs.156.     

               

        PAYMENT OF ARSK DUES ETC.

        Subscriptions become due on 1st January.   Unless private arrangements can be made the advice of the Secretary or Treasurer should be sought on transmission of subscriptions in foreign currency.  Western Union is one good transfer system, but naturally charges are quite high.   Cheques drawn on foreign banks attract high charges, however.  Current (January 2012) exchange rates at Forex Bureaux for US$1 is around Shs.80 and £Stg.1 about Shs.132.   Dollar notes under $10 are not popular and all rates vary daily (if not hourly) and should be checked.  

     

        PAYMENT OF LICENSE FEES

        We have pressed for a fixed US Dollar fee for applicants from outside Kenya, to ease the variable exchange rate and remittance problem, but so far the CCK have been unable to accept this.  CCK is now looking into easier methods of payment from overseas but transfer costs are usually very high for the relatively small amounts involved.   

 

        CCK WEBSITE AND LICENSE APPLICATION FORM      

        The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) website may be seen at www.cck.go.ke and a copy of the Kenya Amateur Radio license application form RF2 should be downloaded from that site.   In case of any difficulty ARSK will send a copy of the new form by e-mail on request.   

 

        UGANDA AND TANZANIA

           Licensing information available to us for Uganda and Tanzania has been added below the Kenya information on the Licensing page, for the benefit of potential visitors to East Africa.   Tanzania information should be available at www.dit.ac.tz and http://tarc.dit.ac.tz/index.php .  This URL also lists conditions for reciprocal licenses in Tanzania (http://tarc.dit.ac.tz/foreigners.php).    Please note than this information may change without our knowledge.  (Thanks to Michael Fuchs, DL6MAF, for this information on Tanzania.)

NB: These offices are completely separate from the Kenya authority and must be dealt with directly.            

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        CUAGN SN! We look forward to working you on the air, seeing you here in person and hopefully in the not too distant future we may be able to assist and advise in getting visitors' licenses. Watch this space in case we get further good news for intending visitors.

        As we say here: "Kwaheri ya kuonana!" - we'll be seeing you!

- 73, GD DX -