{"id":655,"date":"2012-07-01T18:49:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T18:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.rsgbtestzone.biz\/wordpress\/?page_id=655"},"modified":"2025-06-04T21:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:09:31","slug":"operating-for-visitors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/licensing-novs-visitors\/operating-for-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Operating for Visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>I hold an Overseas Amateur Radio Licence&#8230;<br \/>\nCan I operate in the UK?<\/h3>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9865\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2012\/07\/cept_logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"CEPT\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2012\/07\/cept_logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2012\/07\/cept_logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2012\/07\/cept_logo.png 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/> <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ofcom (the UK Regulator)\u00a0may authorise amateurs to operate in the UK if the country that issued the overseas amateur radio licence is either:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A signatory to CEPT T\/R 61-01 (for a visit up to three months)<\/li>\n<li>A signatory to CEPT T\/R 61-02 (for a Reciprocal Licence)<\/li>\n<li>Has a bilateral agreement with the UK for the mutual recognition of amateur radio licences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Notes:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Only Class-1 Licences, equivalent to the UK Full, may operate in the UK &#8211; \u00a0lower licence levels are not recognised by Ofcom.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Club calls are not recognised or<\/strong><strong>\u00a0permitted. CEPT agreements apply to personal calls only<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The UK is not party to ECC Rec 05(06)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Brexit? \u2013 this has no impact \u2013 CEPT is not an EU body<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Visitors from Countries who are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">NOT<\/span> CEPT Signatories<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Licensed amateurs from countries which have not implemented CEPT Recommendation T\/R 61-01 or T\/R 61-02<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0will still need to obtain a\u00a0<\/span>temporary UK licence<span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0from Ofcom, at the\u00a0<\/span>fee<span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0applicable. Such licences are issued on the strength of their home licence if a reciprocal agreement has been entered into between the UK and the government of their country under which we recognise each other\u2019s qualifications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Callsign Prefixes<\/h3>\n<p>Visitors to the UK operating under <a href=\"http:\/\/docdb.cept.org\/Docs\/doc98\/official\/pdf\/TR6101.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T\/R 61-01<\/a> should prefix their callsign with <span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Mx\/<\/strong><\/span>, where x is the appropriate UK regional identifier. \u00a0For example if amateur F1ABC visits the UK, they would be:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visiting England \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>M\/<\/strong>F1ABC<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Visiting Scotland: \u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>MM\/<\/strong>F1ABC<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Visiting Wales: <strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">MW\/<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">F1ABC<\/span> \u00a0 etc \u00a0&#8211; as defined by T\/R 61-01<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong> that it is \u00a0Mx\/ &#8211; <u>not<\/u> Gx\/which would be a breach of UK and CEPT Licence conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Useful Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ofcom: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/manage-your-licence\/radiocommunication-licences\/amateur-radio\/amateur-radio-info\">UK Amateur Licence Conditions and Guidance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CEPT: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/docdb.cept.org\/Docs\/doc98\/official\/pdf\/TR6101.PDF\">T\/R 61-01<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/docdb.cept.org\/Docs\/doc98\/official\/pdf\/TR6102.PDF\">T\/R 61-02<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CEPT: <a href=\"https:\/\/cept.org\/ecc\/groups\/ecc\/wg-fm\/fm-radio-amateur-fg\/client\/introduction\/\">Amateur Docs\/FAQs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cept.org\/ecc\/topics\/radio-amateurs\">topics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hold an Overseas Amateur Radio Licence&#8230; Can I operate in the UK? Ofcom (the UK Regulator)\u00a0may authorise amateurs to operate in the UK if the country that issued the overseas amateur radio licence is either:- A signatory to CEPT T\/R 61-01 (for a visit up to three months) A signatory to CEPT T\/R 61-02 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":737,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-655","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40314,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/655\/revisions\/40314"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}