Foundation Radio Amateur Licence - BDARS Online Syllabus

2. Licensing Conditions

Types of Amateur licence
There are three types of amateur licence; Foundation, Intermediate and Full.

All licences give access to all the frequencies shown on their respective schedules with no requirement for Morse testing beyond the Morse appreciation assessment shown in section 10 of the Foundation syllabus.

There are two main ways in which UK amateurs may operate abroad. Under the CEPT arrangement T/R 61-01 (and T/R 61-02) or by reciprocal agreement.

T/R 61-01 permits unannounced short stays (less than 3 months) in those countries which have signed up to the agreement (shown on the validation document). Note that the list of countries shown in the notes to Booklet BR68 is not the actual list; that is merely a decode list of the abbreviations shown on the validation document issued annually on renewal. This CEPT facility is only available to holders of Full licences (or national equivalents).

T/R 61-02 introduces the HAREC (Harmonised Amateur Radio Certificate), available only to Full licensees. The HAREC is a certificate of examination pass valid for the CEPT licence at Full level. This is intended for amateurs resident in a country other than that in which they sat the examination and allows them to apply for the appropriate licence from their host administration.

Reciprocal licenses are a concession by the host country, issuing, on application, a temporary licence on the strength of a valid and current licence from the amateurs own administration.

At present only Full UK licences are recognised by any of these arrangements.

Changes are the prerogative of the CEPT or host administration, not the UK authorities.

Recall the format of the current Foundation, Intermediate and Full call signs.

Recall that secondary identifiers are used but be able to state only those for the Foundation licence.

Foundation: Mx3ABC, Intermediate: 2x0ABC, 2x1ABC, Full Mx0ABC, Mx1ABC Note: candidates should know that the “x” will be replaced with the appropriate regional secondary locator. Isle of Man E England (Intermediate calls only) I Northern Ireland J Jersey M Scotland U Guernsey W Wales Club and special formats are not required. The use of ‘G’ prefixes may be mentioned but is not examinable. /M and /P suffixes as defined in Licence clauses 7(2)(a) and 7(3).

Foundation Syllabus Guidance Notes Page 3 Issue 5 July 2004 Recall the requirements for station identification.

Licence items 7(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) Recall the requirement to only send messages to other amateurs. 2c.2

Licence items 1(2) {this includes sub-items – this convention is used throughout}

Recall that secret codes are not permitted.. 2c.3 Licence item 1(4)

Recall that broadcasting is not permitted. 2c.4 Licence item 1(5) Broadcasting is where the transmission is intended for amateurs with whom contact has not been established or are not part of a group or net with which the licensee has made contact.
Recall that the transmission of music is not permitted. 2c.5 Licence item 1(6)

Recall that only the licensee personally may use the station. 2c.6 Licence item 2(4) It is important to note that Foundation licensees may not supervise operation of their Station. Only the licensee personally may use the Station. If another amateur wishes to use the Station, they must use it “as their own”, that is under their own call sign either mobile or at a temporary location as appropriate. No entry will be made in the Foundation licensee’s Log.

Recall the requirement to notify Ofcom (via the RLC) of change of address. 2c.7
Licence item 1(9)

Recall that Ofcom local office officials have a right of inspection. 2c.8 Licence item 8(1) Recall that Ofcom local office officials have the right to close down or restrict operation. 2c.9 Licence item 8(2) Recall the need for a log book and the items required to be entered. 2c.10 Licence items 6(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) 6(3) Understand and use the Schedule to the licence. Recognise allowable frequencies, types & modes of transmission and power limits. 2c.11 2c.12 The schedule, as it appears in BR68Fshall be provided in the examination. The candidate needs to know their way around it, recognising whether a given frequency is within an amateur band and the privileges available to that frequency or band. Two questions are asked on the schedule, one from the h.f. portion of the schedule and one from the v.h.f./u.h.f. portion. This is shown in the Assessment Schedule (Annex B) as 2c.11 and 2c.12.