Amateur radio call signs of Asia

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The amateur radio call signs of Asia are allocated to ham radio stations in India, Pakistan, Korea and Japan.

India

Ham radio is practised by more than 16,000 licensed users in India. The first amateur radio operator was licensed in 1921, and by the mid-1930s, there were around 20 amateur radio operators in India. Amateur radio operators have played an important part in the Indian independence movement with the establishment of pro-independence radio stations in the 1940s, which were illegal

The Wireless and Planning and Coordination Wing (WPC)—a division of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology—regulates amateur radio in India. The WPC assigns call signs, issues amateur radio licences, conducts exams, allots frequency spectrum, and monitors the radio waves.

Japan

In Japan, amateur radio (ham radio) licensing of operators is regulated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications with the Japan Amateur Radio League acting as a national amateur radio organization.^[1]

The International Amateur Radio Union estimates that as of 2000, there were 1,296,059 amateur radio stations servving a total population of 126,925,843.^[2][3] The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications estimates there wee 446,602 licensed stations as of October 2011.^[4]

Korea

Ham radio call signs have been allocated to over 42,000 licensed amateur radio operators in South Korea.^[5] Call signs are regulated internationally by the ITU as well as nationally in South Korea by the Korea Communications Commission in the Ministry of Information and Communication.^[6]

No amateur radio stations are known to operate in ][North Korea]]. Not much is known outside of North Korea how amateur radio is regulated, although a foreign amateur was asked to appear before the "Radio Regulation Board" in 2002. Also, North Korea's Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries recently issued an operating permit, which was countermanded by the Ministry of Telecommunications and Posts.

Pakistan

Amateur radio call-signs of Pakistan are issued by the Pakistan Amateur Radio Society (PARS), a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Pakistan. The PARS operates a QSL bureau for those amateur radio operators in regular contact with amateur radio operators in other countries, and supports amateur radio operating awards and radio contests.

The Pakistan Amateur Radio Society represents the interest of Pakistan amateur radio operators before national and international regulatory authorities. PARS is the national member society representing Pakistan in the International Amateur Radio Union.

See also

• Amateur radio international operation
• Amateur radio license
• Call signs
• ITU prefix - amateur and experimental stations

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