Licensing information
for
Prepared by: OH2MCN - Veke
& ON6TZ - Wim & G3SWH - Phil & G5XW – Russell & 9M6DXX
- Steve
Status: April 1997, July '99 links added, Sept '99
update, Jan '01 & May '06, ‘08
Intro: Despite the dangerous situation in the North and NEast (Tamil ethnic
problems), the rest of the island is ABSOLUTELY SAFE. A license will be issued
to visiting radio amateur without too much of problems for a holiday trip on
the West or
PTT:
Please address your letter, e-mail or fax to
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Tel +94 11 268
3843 / 9345
Fax +94 11 268 9341
Email dgtsl at trc.gov.lk
www.trc.gov.lk
Paperwork needed:
- filled application
- copy of your original license
- copy of reciprocal agreement (if available)
- two passport photographs
- technical spec of equipment
- description of antenna system
- document from local police about your reputation
The best way to get a license:
The TELECOM AUTHORITY will forward your application for clearance from the
Minister of DEFENCE. Since a couple of years they need a document from your
local police stating that you are not involved in any criminal business...You
have to go yourself to TELECOM to pick-up your licence and sign it in presence
of 2 witnesses (yes sir).
Price:
500 SL rupees (for 1 year or for 1 day = same price) equivalent to about 10
Money order drawn in favour of the Director General of Telecommunications A/C
No.13298 Central Bank of
Special calls:
License is most likely 4S7/your call. To "friends" it can be a
shorter one 4S7***..
How long before you can operate?
Three months (officially)
License restrictions:
Customs:
Useful local contacts:
4S7SW,Dr.Sarath WIMALASURIYA
3 Ramya road
MATARA
SRI LANKA
PHONE +94-41-25 107 (maybe old)
He is the right man for licence problems.
4S7EA, Ernest (COLOMBO) and 4S7NE (NEGOMBO) can also give help. And don't
hesitate to ask from ON6TZ, ex 4S7TZG, ex ON6TZ/4S7, ex 4S7/ON4IPA who has been
active in
Places to operate from:
A good (and cheap) place is AMBALANGODA, 85km South of Colombo. 4S7BRG, Mario
PRIMAVESI (=HB9BRM)
He is the right man on the right place to inform and advise you about the
guesthouses. He (sometimes) has a place for rent.
Notes:
See also travel links: Destination Sri Lanka and SubWWWay to the Indian Subcontinent
ELBERS Wim <wimelbers at
hotmail.com>
73 de Wim ON6TZ.
Addition
From: Wim ELBERS <wimelbers at skynet.be>
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999
The name of the
man-in-charge for delivering the guest-licence in
Mr. I.A. GAFOOR,
Assistant Director of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri
Lanka.
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Tel +941 683843
or +941 689345
Fax +941 689341
Email dgtsl at slt.lk
73 de Wim ON6TZ, 4S7TZG
Addition
From: Phil Whitchurch Phil at g3swh.demon.co.uk
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:48:00 +0000
Good morning and a happy new year to you.
You may be interested in adding some of the following information to your notes
about guest licensing in
incident, and was able to mount a limited operation.
In addition to the licence document, which was easily obtained with the
assistance of Dammika Fernando, 4S7DF < damrad
at slt.lk > who is the President of the Radio Society of Sri Lanka < http://www.qsl.net/rssl/ >.
One of the clauses of the licence document is that you are only permitted to
operate from the specific address stated on the licence - operation from
alternative or portable locations is not strictly permitted. As I was moving
around the country quite extensively, I notified the authorities of my
itinerary and they raised no objections.
To be able to import any sort of equipment into
I believe that it was only the unforeseen problem resulting from the baggage
loss which created the difficulties which I experienced.
Hope this feedback is of some help.
73, Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH
Addition from
Russell [ russell at g5xw.co.uk ]
Date: 20.5.2006
I have
information about
Mr. Gaffore has
now retired and letters need to be sent to ""Please address your
letter, e-mail or fax to
hope this info
will be of help
Regards Russell G5XW russell at g5xw.co.uk