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The Amateur Radio Activities In Hong KongAugust 2001 update edition
Firstly, The department in charge of amateur radio affairs in Hong Kong is the OFTA (Office of the Telecommunications Authority). To become a licensed amateur radio operator in Hong Kong, you have to sit for an examination that prove you have sound knowledge on amateur radio and the ability to operate the equipment efficiently and legally. The contents of the examination is include licensing conditions and basic theories of RF and electronics.

There are 2 examinations recognized by the OFTA: The first one is conducted by the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education,Tsing Yi. While the other one is the Amateur Radio examination conducted by the City & Guilds of London Institute.

There are 3 classes of licence in Hong Kong: Full , Intermediate and Restricted. When you succeed in passing the above examination, you can apply for an amateur radio station licence (restricted). OFTA will allocate a callsign with VR2 as the prefix (VR2 represents Hong Kong), and the suffix identifies your amateur station. This combination forms an unique callsign in the world. It allows you to operate on frequencies above 30MHz. For detailed frequency band allocation and emission mode, please refer to here. If you want to operate below 30MHz, you need to pass the Morse code test organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education,Tsing Yi. There are 2 level of Morse code test, 5 words per minute and 12 words per minute. If you pass the 5 words per minute, you can apply the intermediate class licence. If you pass the 12 words per minute test, you have met the requirements for applying the full licence.

There are many amateur radio organizations/ clubs in Hong Kong, The following are open to the public:

Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society, aka Harts, Callsign: VR2HK
China Amateur Radio Study Club, Callsign: VR2RC
Hong Kong Amateur Radio DX Association , Callsign: VR2DXA
Hong Kong Amateur Radio Association , Callsign: VR2ARA

The others either some conditions when applying, like the Japanese Amateur Radio Overseas Club Hong Kong, JAROC(HK), Callsign: VR2JC, and E.L.A.R.C.S . Or are subsidiaries of some organisations, such as HK Telecom and the Boy Scouts Association.

Hong Kong Ham Net
You can receive signals in various channels from different district and also transmit while logon. It is a good chance for the local ham to test the performance of their radio system. Moreover, you will meet more friend during the ham net. For detail of the ham net, please visit here.

Q&A
Q: OK,I know the situation of ham activities in HK now, but I have no technical background, how can I pass the examination ?

A: This is the best question since this home page open. If you found it is hard to self study, there are 2 places organize courses for prepare the examination.

China Amateur Radio Study Club

Amateur Study Center

P.S. This Q&A ideal for local (Hong Kong) visitor. If you can read Chinese, click here enter the Chinese edition, it had more detail information.

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