Licensing information
for Iran (EP)
Prepared by: OH2MCN - Veke
& K6FCC - Khalil & EP2FM - Abdollah
Status: August 1998, Dec 1998, Dec 99 links added
Intro: The Amateur Radio situation In Iran (EP)
Mr. Abdollah Sadjadian,
EP2FM (Chairman, Amateur Radio Society of Iran) has informed me that at the
present time 3 hams---EP2FM, EP2CM (Jamsheed Mansouri) and EP2KG (Vahic
Gregurian)-- are the only ones authorized to operate from
Mr M.Reza Bahmani, Deputy
Director General of Radiocommunications hopes to be able to issue the coveted
Station Licenses in near future.
Licensing authority:
Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA)
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
15598
Tel. +98 21 8840 3612 / +98 21 811 2995
Fax. +98 21 8846 8999 / +98 21 860 0070
Email: irnadm at cra.ir
EP2FM is of the opinion
that the fact that illegal stations, using EP calls seem to be openly accepted
by most amateurs, just to log a new country, and some of the amateur
oganizations, has had a lot of adverse effect on the efforts to revive the
activity in recent years.
73 de Khalil Ladjevardi,
K6FCC (ex-EP2KL)
member, QCWA (Quarter Century Wireless Association)
e-mail: khalil at primenet.com
Mr. Abdollah Sadjadian,
EP2FM
(Chairman, Amateur Radio Society of Iran)
e-mail : AS at neda.net
web page: http://www.qsl.net/k6fcc/AmateurRadioInIran.htm
PS Abdollah says also:
"In view of the
shortage of EP calls I am ready to supply EP real QSO if the interested parties
write me for a sked, propagation permitting."
Latest EP update
Sep. 19,1998
I met Mr M.Reza Bahmani,
Deputy Director General of Radiocommunications this morning and here are the
news:
Another radio amateur
examination (the 4th since 1995) was held on Sep.11. More than 100 people sat
the written part. The ones that pass this part will have to also pass a 5WPM
code exam to get their 3rd class radio amateur certificates, and then apply for
a Station License before they can operate. (A 3rd class operator is permitted
CW only and 25 watts of power.)
Mr Bahmani, Deputy Director General of Radiocommunications, who has been the
main backer of the program, is hopeful to be able to issue the much coveted
Station Licenses in near future. I will of course report as soon as the first
one is out.
Here is the list of the successful candidates who have passed both written and
code part of the 3rd class exam since 1995 and are waiting for their Station
Licenses.
1- Mehdi Ashrafnia 9- Alireza Sohrabi Dabiri 2- Reza Batebi 10- Nezamedin Sahmss_e aalam 3- Mohammad Hasan Bahrololoum 11- Homan Atifeh 4- Kiomarss Hossaini 12- Sadegh Farzadkhah 5- Mahyar Hossaini 13- Ali Ghanbari 6- Hamidreza Rahimi 14- Mohammad Mehdi Mahmoodi 7- Mohammad Rezapour 15- Shahram Mirzaii 8- Reza Soleimaninia
The tentative arrangement
for the calls to be issued is as follows:
Prefixes EP3 through EP9 will be used for new amateurs located in the following
7 radiocommunications regions:
Region Center