Licensing
information for Malawi - 7Q
Prepared by:
ON6TT-Peter & LA9PF/7Q7PF - Savigny
Status: Aug-94, July '99 links added, Mar & May '03, Mar '04
Intro: If you have a foreign ham license, you will have no problems to get a
license in Malawi without too much of formalities.
PTT:
The Director General
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA)
Private Bag 261
tel.: +265 1 623 611
fax: +265 1 623 890
dg-macra at malawi.net
Paperwork needed:
- Copy of your license
- Copy of your passport (including the page with your visa)
- a covering letter, in English, mentioning where you want to set up the
station
The best way to get a license:
Send a request for a license with the necessary paperwork to the PTT. Contact
7Q7JL (see below) and ask him if he can follow it up. Normally, your license
will be waiting for you by the time you get there. You will have to go over to
the Masalema post office to pick it up.
Price:
KW300 (US$20) per year.
Special calls:
you can suggest your own 7Q7 + 2 letter suffix callsign. Normally this is
accepted, as long as the call has not been issued before. Calls are never
re-issued.
How long before you can operate?
Normally, the license can be ready within one month and be waiting for you upon
your arrival. Remember, you will have to go to
License restrictions:
/M, /P, /A operations are not allowed.
Customs:
Customs might inspect your luggage and ask questions about the radio material. Make
sure that you have a copy of your letter to the PTT and insist that all the
material you take with you, is yours.
Useful local contacts:
Very helpful and resourceful person: 7Q7JL - John Lord in
Contact John via his Pactor BBS: 14.067 and 21.067
Places to operate from:
Anywhere. There are a couple of good (but expensive) hotels on the Lakeshore.
Notes:
pcasier at innet.be
Addition
From: "de Savigny" <cato at desavigny.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004
Dr OM,
You may be aware of that a DX pedition (5
The officer dealing with the applications is the Frequency Coordinating
Officer:
Mr Willis D. Lipande.
Telephone: +265 (0)1 623 611, fax: +265 1623 890
His direct cellphone: +265 830 3597
Email: WDlipande at yahoo.co.uk
The Director General
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority
Private Bag 261
Not much new info, just a confirmation.
73
7Q7PF/LA9PF
Addition
From: "Cato B de Savigny" <desavigny at broadpark.no>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003
Dr OM,
I have tried to contact Lloyd but have had no luck. However, the proceedure for
applying is now through a new adress:
The Director General
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority
Private Bag 261
tel.: +265 1 623 611
fax: +265 1623 890
The MCEA is now responsible for Broadcasting, Postal and Telecommunication
Services. As soon as I have more news I will communicate this with you. I will
be residing in
73 de Savigny
LA9PF
Addition
From: "Cato B de Savigny" <abuthoma at hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003
Dear Veikko,
Hurrah I am now 7Q7PF and xyl 7Q7HE. After sending in the application form I
got a kind anser back that my license would be waiting for me upon arrival.
Yesterday I went out to MACRA and spoke to the DDG a VERY nice man, paid my
1000 kwatcha and he told me they would send the license to my house.
And today returning form town they were delivered by hand.
All my congrats to the MACRA. I have been around the world operating from
All the best and hp QSO. I am getting my stuff on Monday but have not yet got
my house. But in 2 weeks max I will be on the air
73 de
Cato 7Q7PF
Application forms attached
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