09.09.2010

Between 21 September and 28 October 2010, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications, by means of its territorial divisions of Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timisoara, organises the ordinary examination session for the persons who wish to achieve the certificates of radioamateur and, respectively, of radio operator in the land mobile service.

ANCOM grants the certificates following an examination, structured in two ordinary sessions, in the months of April and October each year, and organised by its regional divisions.

The examination sessions for the certificates of radio operator in the land mobile service will be taken as follows: on 21 and 22 September 2010 in Timisoara, on 23 September 2010 in Cluj, on 16 October 2010 in Iasi, and on 19 and 20 October 2010 in Bucharest. In order to be able to participate in the exam for the certificate of operator of radiocommunications stations, the persons concerned need to provide the proof of middle school graduation. Further details are available here, on the ANCOM webpage dedicated to radiocommunications stations.

The examinations for the radioamateur certificates will be held on 16 October (in Iasi and Cluj), during 26 – 27 October (in Bucharest) and 28 October (in Timisoara). Further details regarding the examinations organised for the radioamateur certificates, as well as other information on the rules, list of topics, international regulations, sanctions and forms, are available here, on the ANCOM website.

The interested persons can register for the two types of examinations by submitting a registration request, along with a copy of the requester’s ID card/birth certificate or passport and a colour photo, passport-type.

The specific users of the land mobile radiocommunications networks of private use – who need a radio operator certificate in order to operate radiocommunications stations – are both small entrepreneurs and large companies that require radio communications through their own networks. These companies operate in domains such as: industry, production, utility transport and distribution at a national level, transport, constructions and public works, agriculture, forestry, security and protection of privacy, public protection, public health, community management services etc. There are more than 22,000 valid operator certificates for the radiocommunications stations in the land mobile service.

Radio amateurism is mainly a hobby, with yet a profound competitive side at a local and an international level. This enables radio amateurs to distinguish themselves within various international trials and competitions in the field. Furthermore, radio amateurism allows for: developing abilities in using the radiocommunications stations, regardless of the user’s age; knowing in-depth the phenomenon of radio propagation in various frequency bands; making and testing radiocommunications equipment, as well as participating, together with the relevant public institutions, to ensuring the performance of radiocommunications under emergency situations, a fact acknowledged nationally and internationally. In Romania there are currently more than 4,000 radioamateurs authorised by ANCOM.