ANCOM Organises Examination Sessions for Radio Operator’s Certificates in the Land Mobile Service and Radio Amateur’s Certificates

03.09.2014

Between 29 September and 18 October 2014, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), by means of its regional divisions of Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timis, is organising the ordinary examination sessions for the persons who wish to obtain the certificates of radio amateur and, respectively, radio operator in the land mobile service.

The examination sessions for the certificates of radio operator in the land mobile service are scheduled as follows: 29-30 September 2014 in Timisoara, 30 September 2014 in Cluj-Napoca, 4 October 2014 in Iasi and 8-9 October 2014 in Bucharest. Further details are available here, on the ANCOM web section dedicated to the operating personnel of the radiocommunication stations.

The examinations for the radio amateur’s certificates will be held on 1 October 2014 in Timisoara, on 11 October 2014 in Iasi, on 15-16 October 2014 in Bucharest and on 18 October 2014 in Cluj-Napoca. Further details regarding the radio amateur’s examinations, 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 may register for the two types of examinations by submitting a registration application, along with a copy of the applicant’s ID card/birth certificate or passport and a passport-type colour photo. In addition, the applicants for the certificate of radio operator in the land mobile service need to provide the proof of middle school graduation (5^th to 8^th grades).

The specific users of land mobile radiocommunication networks – who need a radio operator’s certificate in order to operate radiocommunication stations – are both small entrepreneurs and large companies that require their own radio communications for their economic operations. These companies operate in domains such as: industry, production, utility transmission and distribution at a national level, transport, constructions and public works, agriculture, forestry, security and protection of privacy and private property, public protection, public health, community management services etc.

It is worth mentioning that the users of mobile stations embedded in various equipment or cars (e.g. the taxi drivers) or the users of portable stations (used for short distance individual communication) do not have the obligation to hold radio operator’s certificates. According to the legal provisions, such obligation is exclusively incumbent upon the persons in charge with radiocommunications and upon the operators of the co-ordination stations (the stations managing the traffic within the radiocommunication networks). At present, there are 19,122 valid operator’s certificates for the radiocommunication stations in the land mobile service in Romania.

Radio amateurism is mainly a hobby, with yet a profound competitive side on both a local and an international level. Radio amateurism allows for developing abilities in using the radiocommunication stations, knowing in-depth the phenomenon of radio propagation in various frequency bands, or making and testing radiocommunication equipment. Also, radio amateurs can sometimes take part, together with the relevant public institutions, in ensuring radiocommunications under emergency situations. In Romania there are currently 9,619 radio amateurs authorised by ANCOM.