Exam Fee
Advanced Grade: Rs.25/-
Grade I: Rs.20/-
Grade II: Rs.10/-
Grade II (Restricted): Rs.10/-
SWL (Short Wave Listening) Licence: No examination (no fees)
Application Details
Following should accompany the application form(1) Nationality Certificate with Character Certificate in the prescribed proforma from a gazetted officer.(2) 2 copies of recent passport size (3 x 4 cms) photographs duly signed by you on the front side. (3) Examination fees in the form of Bank Draft (DD) drawn from a SBI branch of appropriate amount.(4) Personal particulars (4 copies) in the prescribed proforma.5) An attested copy of 'birth certificate' or 'School Leaving certificate' as a proof of your age (the minimum age requirement to appear for the examination is 12 years for Grade II and 14 years for Grade I). After the declaration of the result, a copy of the result and your "Personal particulars" would be forwarded by the Wireless Monitoring Station to the WPC Wing of the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, New Delhi. The WPC Wing, New Delhi would then undertake an interministry consultation ( Security Clearance/Police Verification ).After the police verification report is received with a clearance, the WPC Wing would write to you that you are eligible for the award of an "Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station Licence" on payment of the requisite "Licence Fees'. This process takes a few months of time. 'Examination Fee' and 'Licence fee' are different and the 'Licence fee' should be sent only when asked for. This time, the mode of payment is same as above, but you have to send it directly to:The Assistant Wireless Adviser to the Govt. of India, WPC Wing, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Amateur Radio Section, 6th Floor, Room No.619 SANCHAR BHAWAN, # 20 Ashoka Road New Delhi-110 001Tel# 011-23036181 (Extn. from Reception 6181) and 23355441
Different grades of licencing examinations & licences
1) Grade-II (Restricted) Amateur Station Operator's Licence (if you pass Restricted Grade licensing Examination): Permits short distance terrestrial communication using a power output of 10 Watts (dc input power) in the Very High Frequency (VHF) & Ultra High Frequency (UHF) bands. The frequencies allocated in these bands ranges from 144 to 146 MHz (in India) and 434 to 438 MHz. Modes of communication allowed are: Radio Telephony(Voice) using Amplitude Modulation (AM), Single Side Band (SSB), SSB Suppressed Carrier, SSB reduced carrier and Frequency Modulation (FM). Communication range is limited to a very short distance (a typical possible range may be 35 km only depending on the height of the antenna or the type of terrain). This type of licence is useful in a place where there are large number of ham radio operators concentrated in a township.(2) Grade II Licence (if you pass Grade-II licensing examination): Permits worldwide long distance communication in AM, SSB, FM using a power output of 50 watts in different allotted short wave bands (high frequency-HF bands ranging from 1.8 to 30 MHz) including the VHF & UHF bands mentioned above. But entitlement for authorization of voice communication (radio telephony) is on the basis of providing proof of having made 100 contacts with other amateur radio stations using Morse Code (Called Continuous Wave-CW communication). This means that you have to send back your original licence to the WPC wing for "Voice endorsement" along with the photocopies of your log book (see Rules & Regulation Section) after making 100 Morse Code radio contact.(3) Grade-I: (if you pass Grade-I licensing examination): Power output is 150 watts in short waves (in the allotted HF bands), 25 watts in VHF & UHF (Ultra High Frequency). An additional UHF spectrum from 1260 to 1300 MHz including a range of frequencies in Super High Frequency (SHF: 3300-3400 & 5725-5840 MHz) spectrum is available to this category of licensees. With this licence you can directly use voice including Morse Code. Other advanced modes like Radio Tele-Typing (RTTY), Amateur Radio Teleprinting Over Radio (AMTOR), Packet Radio (-an advanced technique of digital data communication through computer connected to a wireless transceiver), PSK31 (the latest digital communication mode in which a computer equipped with a sound-blaster card can be directly connected to a wireless transceiver for data reception and transmission), Amateur Television (ATV using Slow Scan Telecast: SSTV) are also allowed. You are also permitted to work amateur radio communication satellites with this licence.(4) Advanced Grade: Same as Grade-I licence but allowed to use 400 watts of power in selected sub-bands. This is the highest grade licence in India.Every ham radio enthusiast in India aspires to get it.
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Practical Test on MORSE CODE SENDING & RECEIVINGOne of the most frequently used "Important" modes of communication in ham radio is "Morse Code". There is a practical test on Morse Code sending and receiving (except for Restricted Grade Licence where this test is not required). This is a 10 minutes duration test to examine the candidate's proficiency in sending and receiving Morse Code. Minimum specified speed to pass the examination is 5 Word Per Minute for Grade-II licence (5 WPM: 125 letters/characters sent in 5 minutes). To learn Morse code, a Morse Code Practice Oscillator can be assembled along with a Morse Key and a Morse Code learning Cassette can be found useful ( http://www.qsl.net/vu2msy/homebrewing_zone.htm ). Morse Keys are only available at some junk markets. List of Wireless Monitoring Stations. Correspondece for licencing examination is to be addressed to Officer-in-charge, Wireless Monitoring Station.
Control Monitoring Station Trivandrum.
Officer - in - Charge , Wireless Monitoring Station , Ministry of Communications , GOI Kachani Post , Nettayam , Trivandrum - 695013. Tel # 2362202 , Fax . 2364333
