Licensing information
for
Prepared by: OH2MCN - Veke
& HL1SSG - Min & HL1IWD - Lee & HL2RU –
Simon, HL9LNG - James
Status: June 1996, Mar 2000, Feb ‘10
Intro: From this year 2000, any foreign nationals who
have a valid amateur radio license can receive Korean radio license in proper
time.
PTT:
There are seven regional offices, here is the ONE in Seoul:
Officer for Amateur Radio Licensing
Department of Electromagnetic Wave Management
Regional Office of Telecommunications in Seoul
Kwangwhamum Post Office 7-th floor
154-1 Seorin-dong, Chongro-ku
Seoul, Korea
Phone : +82-2-725-2801
Licenses handled by
KARL
KOREA (South Korea): Korean Amateur Radio League [KARL]
Address: C.P.O. Box 162, Seoul 100-601
Telephone: +82 (2) 575-9580
Telefax: +82 (2) 576-8574
E-mail: karl at karl.or.kr or hl0hq
at karl.or.kr
Paperwork needed:
Application form can be obtained by writing KARL, and KARL will help him/her. KARL
also processes all the required licensing procedure on behalf of the
applicants. The application must be submitted to KARL 60 days before you want
to start operate, and callsign will be HL#/home_call where # is call area (1 to
5) where you want to operate.
The best way to get a license:
Price:
Application fee is 80,000 won (approximately US$105) for station transmitting
below 50 watt, 100,000 won (approx. US$132) for station transmitting above 50
watt as of June 5, 1996.
Special calls:
How long before you can operate?
License restrictions:
Customs:
Useful local contacts:
Places to operate from:
Notes:
For your reference, Korean hams must have two licenses, one for operator
license, another for station license. To get an operator license, we have
to pass an examination, and this entitles to operate a club station. But, to
own his/her station with his callsign, we have to apply station license. PTT in
Hyoung Bok Min <min at stella.skku.ac.kr>
Addition from HL9LNG, James Scrudder
Date: January 28, 2011
Subject: News Tip: Website Automated Form
Email: scrudder_jim at yahoo.com
Subject: HL9
Amateur Group formed
Description: We
have finally got the HL9 Authorization process back in business in
I am Korean ham,
HL1IWD (Lee) and working as a director of frequency committee of KARL. I wish
to send new information about Korean amateur radio license issue for foreign
nationals.
From this year
2000, any foreign nationals who have a valid amateur radio license can receive
Korean radio license in proper time. Before this change, only Japanese could
receive Korean radio license by reciprocal permission.
Foreign nationals
who want to get Korean amateur radio license can directly contact KARL (Korean
Amateur Radio League) in proper time. KARL's address and e-mail are as follows:
The Korean
Amateur Radio League,
C.P.O.BOX 162,
e-mail: hl0hq at karl.or.kr
Applicant can
receive application paper from KARL and should send paper to KARL again with
fees. Fees for permission of less than 50 watts are about US 70$ and over 50
watts are about US 85$. Radio license is valid for one year. Callsign will be
issued as a form of HL#/Home call.
In
Also Korean hams
sincerely hope to get radio license easily from
Welcome to
73's HL1IWD,
Sungki Lee <hl1iwd at yahoo.com>
I'm Korean ham
HL2RU (Simon): The Korea Amateur Radio League, E-mail addres is karl at karl.or.kr or hl0hq at karl.or.kr pse update !! Have a
niceday vy de HL2RU / Simon.
My homepage is http://kiss.to/ru . Welcome to