General Info on Amateur Radio in Indonesia

General Info on Amateur Radio in Indonesia
 

Amateur Service is a radiocommunication service for the purpose of self-training, intercommunication and technical investigations carried out by amateurs, that is, by duly authorized persons interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest. (ITU Radio Regulations, Article S1.56)

Operation of an amateur radio station requires an Radio Amateur License issued by Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications. There are four license levels, or "license classes" : No Code, Novice, General and Advanced. Before receiving a license, you must pass an examination organized by the state institution above.

A unique callsign is assigned to each amateur radio station during the processing of its license. Each amateur callsign has a two letters prefix (YB, YC, YD, YE, YF, YG or YH) indicating the station class and a numeral (0 to 9) named call-area indicating the geographic region of Indonesia, followed by a one to three letters suffix (in several call-areas indicating the province area).

Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia (ORARI) is an organization to represent the amateur service and its activities throughout the country, founded on July 9, 1968. ORARI subdivided into 3 levels of organization : ORARI Pusat (National), ORARI Daerah (Provincial) and ORARI Lokal (District). ORARI is a member of The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). For more information, please contact ORARI Daerah Headquarters in your area.

Foreign amateur who wish to obtain license in Indonesia should have a temporary residence or residence permit in Indonesia and a reciprocal agreement has been established by the two countries. License class and privileges will be issued based on original license possessed and valid for only 1 (one) year. Guest Operator is permitted. For further information, please contact ORARI National Headquarters.

Classes of Amateur Radio Station Licenses 

Class	Prefix	Privileges
No Code (Pemula)	YH	Permitted only to operate in 2m & 70cm band except on satellite segment. See Band Plans for detailed frequency privileges. Maximum transmitting power permitted : 10 watts. Permitted for domestic/national communications only. Validity of license 2 (two) years.
Novice (Siaga)	YD, YG	Permitted to operate on all HF bands (CW only) except on 20m & WARC bands*. Permitted only to operate on 80 meter on PHONE mode. See Band Plans for detailed frequency privileges. Maximum transmitting power permitted below 30MHz : 10 watts. Maximum transmitting power permitted above 30MHz : 30 watts. Permitted for International communications (CW mode only). Validity of license 3 (three) years.
General (Penggalang)	YC, YF	Permitted to operate on all HF bands except on 20m & WARC bands*. See Band Plans for detailed frequency privileges. Maximum transmitting power permitted below 30MHz : 150 watts. Maximum transmitting power permitted above 30MHz : 75 watts. Permitted for international communications. Validity of license 5 (five) years.
Advanced (Penegak)	YB, YE	Permitted to operate on all frequencies allocated to the Amateur Service. See Band Plans for detailed frequency privileges. Maximum transmitting power permitted below 30MHz : 500 watts. Maximum transmitting power permitted above 30MHz : 180 watts. Permitted for international communications. Validity of license 5 (five) years.

* WARC bands :

New frequency allocations for amateur radio (30m, 17m and 12m) based on 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference.

Getting an Amateur Radio Operator License

Operation of an amateur radio station requires an amateur operator license issued by Directorate General of Post and Telecommunications.  There are four classes of license: No Code, Novice, General and Advanced, each authorizing privileges corresponding to the qualifications required. Before receiving a license, you must pass an examination organized by the state institution above. Most new amateur operators start with the Novice Class and then proceed class by class as their skills and abilities increase in operating an amateur station. Only a few newcomers begin at No Code class. General Qualifications by Class.   No Code Class : Indonesian citizen and minimum 14 years old. Passed the following examination elements : Basic knowledge on radio regulations and operating procedures. Basic radio techniques. National ideology and constitutions. Novice Class : Indonesian citizen and minimum 14 years old. Passed the following examination elements : Basic knowledge on radio regulations and operating procedures. Basic radio techniques. National ideology and constitutions. Morse code sending and receiving test at 5 wpm (words per minute). General Class : Have held Novice class license for minimum 6 (six) months. Have at least 40 QSL cards including 25 cards from 5 call-areas and 15 cards from other countries. Have at least 4 certificates issued by ORARI. Passed the following examination elements : Intermediate knowledge on radio regulations and operating procedures. Intermediate radio techniques. English language for communications. National ideology and constitutions. Morse code sending and receiving test at 8 wpm (words per minute). Advanced Class : Have held General class license for minimum 1 (one) year. Have at least 50 QSL cards from 15 countries and 3 continents. Have at least 8 certificates issued by ORARI. Passed the following examination elements : Advanced knowledge on radio regulations and operating procedures. Advanced radio techniques. English language for communications. National ideology and constitutions. Morse code sending and receiving test at 12 wpm (words per minute).

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