05.09.2016

Between 15 September and 29 October 2016, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM), through its regional divisions of Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi and Timis, is organising examination sessions for those who wish to obtain radio amateur and, respectively, radio operator certificates in the land mobile service.

The examinations for the certificates of radio operators in the land mobile service will be held between 15-16 September 2016 in Timișoara, on 28 September 2016 in Cluj, on 1 October 2016 in Iași and between 12 -13 October 2016 in Bucharest. Further details are available, HERE, on the ANCOM website section dedicated to the operating personnel of the radiocommunications stations.

The examinations for the radio amateur certificates will be held on 4 October 2016 in Timisoara, on 19 - 20 October 2016 in Bucharest, on 22 October 2016 in Cluj and on 29 October 2016 in Iasi. Further details regarding the radio amateur examinations, as well as other information on the rules, list of topics, international regulations, sanctions and forms are available, in Romanian, HERE on ANCOM’s website.

The interested persons may register by submitting an application, along with a copy of the applicant’s ID document and a passport-type colour photo. Additionally, applicants for the certificate of radio operator in the land mobile service need to provide the proof of secondary school graduation (5th to 8th grades).

In order to operate radiocommunications networks, the employees of companies that own or operate land mobile radiocommunications networks must hold a radio operator’s certificate. Such companies usually operate in domains such as: industry, utility production, transport and distribution at a national level of public utilities, transportation, constructions and public works, agriculture, forestry, security and protection of privacy, 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 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 radiocommunications networks). At present, there are 9,460 valid operator certificates for the radiocommunications stations in the land mobile service in Romania.

Radio amateurism is mainly a hobby, with yet a profound competitive side on both local and international levels. Furthermore, radio amateurism allows for developing abilities in using the radiocommunications stations, for knowing in-depth the phenomenon of radio propagation in various frequency bands, or for manufacturing and testing radiocommunications equipment. Moreover, radio amateurs can sometimes take part, together with the relevant public institutions, in ensuring radiocommunications under emergency situations. In Romania, ANCOM has issued 4,048 radio amateur certificates so far.