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RADIO REGULATIONS FOR PHILIPPINES AMATEUR OPERATION

NON-FILIPINO AMATEUR OPERATORS

FOR NON FILIPINO AMATEURS WHO WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THE PHILIPPINES AND WOULD LIKE TO OPERATE AN AMATEUR STATION, IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN A TEMPORARY RECIPROCAL LICENSE. BUT FIRST YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR VALID AMATEUR LICENSE FROM YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, AND THAT THERE IS A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOUR COUNTRY AND THE PHILIPPINES.RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT LIST IS AVAILABLE ON LINE FROM WWW.ARRL.ORG.

UPON ARRIVAL YOU MUST SECURE A CUSTOM CLEARANCE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE PAID ALL TAXES CONCERNING THE IMPORTATION OF YOUR RADIO EQUIPMENTS.BRING THE SAID CUSTOM CLEARANCE WHEN APPLYING FOR YOUR RADIO STATION LICENSE AND YOUR PERMIT TO OWN AN AMATEUR RADIO EQUIPMENTS. GOING TO THE LOCAL NTC (NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION COMMISSION) PERSONALLY TO MAKE YOUR APPLICATION MORE FASTER. MAKE SURE THAT THE TYPE AND SERIAL NUMBER OF YOUR RADIO EQUIPMENT IS READY FOR SPECIFICATION. THE PERMIT TO OWN MUST BE NOTARIZED BY ANY NOTARY PUBLIC OFFICE IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR LEGAL PURPOSES.

REMEMBER: NO PERMIT TO OWN FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT, NO LICENSE.....

YOUR RECIPROCAL LICENSE WILL BE VALID FOR ONE (1) YEAR AND IT IS RENEWABLE. BUT IF YOU PLAN TO STAY MORE THAN YOU HAVE PANNED, YOU CAN AQUIRE FOR A LOCAL AMATEUR LICENSE PROVIDED THAT YOU WILL HAVE YOUR LOCAL CALL SIGN.... THAT IS IF YOU WILL PASS THE LICENSE EXAMINATION DEFEND ON THE CLASS APPLICABLE TO YOUR NATIONAL LICENSE OR WHATEVER THE NTC WILL GIVE YOU.

REMEMBER DO NOT ARGUE WITH THEM CONCERNING WITH YOUR LICENSE, SINCE THESE GUYS ARE PROFESSIONAL LICENSED ENGINEERS AND OPERATORS. THIS PROCESS OF HAVING THE PRIVILEGE TAKING THE EXAM, RELEASE OF THE RESULTS AND REGISTERING FOR YOUR CALL SIGN WILL TAKE ABOUT ONE MONTH AND A HALF. IN MANILA AREA (DU1) EXAMINATIONS ARE BEING HELD EVERY WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.

IN DU3 AREAS SUCH AS BULACAN, PAMPANGA, TARLAC, NUEVA ECIJA, BATAAN AND ZAMBALES, YOU CAN CONTACT THE LOCAL REGION III OFFICE OF NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION COMMISSION IN SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA. ALSO PLEASE BE NOTED THAT WHEN TRANSFERING FROM ONE PLACE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ANOTHER YOU NEED TO SECURE A PERMIT TO TRANSFER OR YOUR EQUIPMENT MIGHT GET CONFISCATED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THAT AREA.

LOCAL AMATEUR OPERATORS (FILIPINO CITIZEN)

OBTAINING AN AMATEUR OPERATORS/STATION LICENSE IS JUST AS EASY AS A...B...C...YOU MUST BE A FILIPINO CITIZEN OF COURSE. AGE IS NOT A QUESTION ACTUALLY BUT YOU HAVE TO BE AT LEAST TWELVE YEARS OF AGE. THE MOST EASIEST STEP TO BECOME A HAM IS TO CONTACT THE NEAREST AMATEUR CLUB IN YOUR AREA. THEY ARE MOSTLY WILLING TO HELP YOU OBTAIN YOUR FIRST TICKET, SOME CLUBS ARE HELDING A SMALL SEMINAR/REVIEW THAT I CAN TELL YOU.... IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PASS YOUR EXAM. EVEN IN APPLYING FOR YOUR TICKET, THEY WILL BE WITH YOU IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

THERE ARE FOUR CLASSES OF LICENSE THAT YOU CAN OBTAIN WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM YOUR ELMERS AND SELF DEDICATION WITH THE HOBBY. BUT ALSO REMEMBER THIS IS A HOBBY NOT A CAREER, NOBODY IS BEING PAID NOR MUST BE PAID IN THIS HOBBY. THE FIRST STAGE FOR YOUR TICKET IS A NOVICE CLASS LICENSE OR CLASS D, NEXT IS THE TECHNICIAN CLASS OR CLASS C, THEN THE GENERAL CLASS OR CLASS B AND OF COURSE THE MOST RENOUNCE OF ALL IS THE EXTRA CLASS OR CLASS A LICENSE. EACH CLASS IS BEING GIVEN WITH THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE FREQUENCY ALLOCATION AND UNIQUE CALL SIGN. THE FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS MAY BE SEEN BELOW AND THE CALL SIGNS ARE AS FOLLOW:

NOVICE CLASS OR CLASS D -COMPOSED OF PREFIX LETTERS DY THEN DISTRICT NUMBER THEN THREE LETTER SUFFIX I.E. DY3GMY

TECHNICIAN CLASS OR CLASS C -COMPOSED OF PREFIX LETTERS DU THEN DISTRICT NUMBER THEN THREE LETTER SUFFIX I. E. DU3DSP

GENERAL CLASS OR CLASS B -COMPOSED OF PREFIX LETTERS DU THEN DISTRICT NUMBER THEN THREE OR TWO LETTER SUFFIX DEPENDS TO THE LOCAL NTC OFFICE IN YOUR AREA IF THEY ALLOW A TWO LETTER SUFFIX FOR CLASS B LICENSE I.E. DU3DNP OR DU3DP

ADVANCE CLASS LICENSE OR CLASS A -COMPOSED OF PREFIXES DU OR 4F DEPENDS ON WHICH DO YOU PREFER TO USE THEN DISTRICT NUMBER THEN THREE OR TWO LETTER SUFFIX I.E. 4F3OM OR 4F3CUL

WHEN YOU GET YOUR LICENSE ALWAYS FOLLOW THE RULES SET UPON YOU BY THE NTC AND THE PROPER OPERATION CODE THAT HAS BEEN PRACTICED FROM THE START OF THE HOBBY UP TO NOW.

FREQUENCY ALLOCATION FOR AMATEUR RADIO IN THE PHILIPPINES

Band
Class A
(Advanced)
legal power
CW=1 kW
SSB=2 kW
Class B
(General)
legal power
CW=500 W
SSB=1 kW
Class C
(Technician)
legal power
CW=100 W
SSB=200 W
Class D
(Novice)
legal power
100=W
160 m
1.8 - 2.0
 -
-
-
80 m
3.5 - 3.9 MHz
 3.5 - 3.9 MHz
-
-
40 m
7.0 - 7.1 MHz
7.0 - 7.1 MHz
7.0 - 7.1 MHz
-
30 m
secondary
10.1 - 10.15 MHz
used only between
7pm and 6am *local time
10.1 - 10.15 MHz
used only between
7pm and 6am *local time
-
-
20 m
14.0 - 14.35 MHz
14.0 - 14.35 MHz
-
-
17 m
18.068 - 18.168 MHZ
 -
-
-
15 m
21.0 - 21.45 MHz
 21.0 - 21.45 MHz
 21.0 - 21.45 MHz
-
12 m
 24.89 - 24.99 MHz
 -
-
-
10 m
28.0 - 29.7 MHz
 28.0 - 29.7 MHz
28.0 - 29.7 MHz
-
4 m
50.0 - 55.0 MHz
50.0 - 55.0 MHz
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-
2 m
144 - 146 MHz
144 - 146 MHz
144 - 146 MHz
144 - 146 MHz
70 cm
430 - 440 MHz
430 - 440 MHz
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