Licensing information for Tanzania - 5H
Prepared by: OH2MCN - Veke & 5H3MS - Michael & Irene
Status: Nov -97; appl form very old can be asked from OH2MCN & Jan
-99 & Aug '00 & Jun '01
Intro: If you have a foreign ham license, you may get a license in Tanzania.
PTT (from 5H3MS):
The Director General
Tanzania Communications Commission
Raha Towers - 5th floor
Maktaba/Bibi Titi Street
P.O. Box 474
DAR-ES-SALAAM
Telephone +255 22 211 8947, 211 8949, 211 8950, 211 8951, 2118 952, 2118 977,
211 8978.
Fax +255 22 211 6664
TLX : 41858 DSM
Email: moa@tcc.go.tz
or dg-ttc@tcc.go.tz
WWW: http://www.tcc.go.tz/
(May 13th, 2001: the phone numbers and the street address is not the actual one)
Paperwork needed:
According to the Tanzania Communications Commission (TCC) the following things are
necessary for a visitor's licence:
- application form. It costs TSh 10,000 which is about US$ 20. You have to buy the
application form and there is no way to copy one and send it to Tanzania. You have to buy
one first, then fill it out and then send it to Tanzania.
- letter in which you ask for the licence. This letter should also contain information
about the time of your stay and where you are planning to stay.
- copy of your passport
- copy of your licence
- letter(s) of recommendation e.g. from the Tanzania Amateur Radio Club (TARC), your
Amateur radio club, from your embassy in Dar Es Salaam, or an English translation of
letter of good conduct.
- technical specifications of your transceiver. The best thing is to copy the page with
the technical specifications. You should also write the exact type of the radio.
After granting the licence you have to pay another TSh 10,000 before you will actually get
a call-sign and the licence.
The problem is that you will probably need the help of a HAM in Tanzania who will go to
the Tanzania Communications Commission, gets everything you need and keeps on asking how
things are. The only other way might be to call and ask for a person who is responsible
for amateur radio licences and talk to him or her; right now they are Mr. Oskar Mwanjesa,
Mrs. Doto and Mr. Kisaka. If you send just a letter with the request, you will probably
not get an answer. You should also start very early to request a licence. Things take time
in Tanzania!
The Tanzania-Amateur-Radio-Club might be able to assist you in getting a licence, if there
is a HAM in Dar Es Salaam who has the time to go to the Tanzania Communications
Commission. The Club can also write a letter of recommendation. If a member of the club
assists in obtaining a license, the club asks for a donation of US$5. The address is:
Tanzania Amateur Radio Club
P.O.Box 21497
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
73 de Michael/5H3MS/DF1NM
For travel info see: Destination
Tanzania and SubWWWay to
Africa