CEPT Regulations

CEPT Radio Amateur Licence

  • Under CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01, the holder of a “CEPT Radio Amateur Licence” may, when visiting a country that has adopted Recommendation T/R 61-01, operate on all frequency bands allocated to the amateur service that are authorised in the country being visited.  These arrangements are subject to a number of conditions, including –
    • These arrangements are valid only for non-residents, for the duration of their temporary stays
    • The regulations (frequencies / modes / power limits etc.) in force in the country being visited must be observed
    • Technical restrictions imposed by national, local or public authorities must be respected
    • Protection against harmful interference cannot be requested by the visitor
    • The visitor must use his/her call sign preceded by the call sign prefix of the visited country, with the character ‘/’ (“stroke”) separating the two
    • example: Irish visitor to Denmark:  OZ/EI5ABC
    • example: Danish visitor to Ireland:  EI/OZ5ABC
    • [note: some countries require the visited country's call sign prefix to be preceded by a number indicating the region where the station is operating]
  • A number of non-European countries that are not members of CEPT, have adopted Recommendation T/R 61-01, allowing visitors to and from their countries to benefit from these arrangements.
  • The full list of participating countries is on the Information for Visitors to Ireland page of the IRTS web site (note that it is not necessary for exam purposes to know which countries are in the list, nor is it necessary to know the call sign prefixes to be used in visited countries other than the call sign prefixes specified in the Operating Rules and Procedures section of the syllabus – see National Call Sign Prefixes)

Course Guide Topics

  1. CEPT and Amateur Radio
  2. CEPT Radio Amateur Licence