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You plan to visit Belgium?

Welcome to all foreign radioamateurs to Belgium!

Welcome to Belgium!Welcome!
The UBA wishes all foreign radio amateurs and their families, who plan to visit our beautiful country, a very pleasant stay. We feel sure you will enjoy this multicultural country, where most people speak at least two, and many 4 or 5 languages. Communicating in English will be no problem!

You'd like to operate ham radio in Belgium?
We have 3 licence classes:

Class A (CEPT HAREC equivalent)
Belgium complies with the CEPT Recommendation TR61-01 and 02. If your country does as well the licensing procedure will be quite easy:
If you have a radio amateur license with the CEPT mention (CEPT TR61-01), and if your stay is not longer than 3 months you can operate a radio amateur station using your own call preceded by "ON/" (ON slash your call). Example: if your call is W1XYZ you will use the call ON/W1XYZ.
If you plan to stay longer than 3 months and you hold a HAREC operator certificate (CEPT TR61-02), you can apply for a Belgian callsign. Contact BIPT/IBPT, the Belgian regulatory body regarding radio licenses.

Class B (CEPT Novice equivalent)
Belgium complies with the ECC Recommendation (05)06 and ERC Report 32. If your country does as well the licensing procedure will be quite easy:
If you have a radio amateur license with the CEPT mention (ECC Recommendation (05)06), and if your stay is not longer than 3 months you can operate a radio amateur station using your own call preceded by "ON/" (ON slash your call). Example: if your call is DO1ABC you will use the call ON/DO1ABC.
If you plan to stay longer than 3 months and you hold a CEPT Novice operator certificate (ERC Report 32), you can apply for a Belgian callsign. Contact BIPT/IBPT, the Belgian regulatory body regarding radio licenses.

Class C (Basic licence)
Although this licence class is ECC Report 89 equivalent there is no automatic recognition of foreign ECC Report 89 licences!
This means that even if you hold a ECC Report 89 equivalent licence you have to apply for a Belgian callsign.

All details about the bands (frequency ranges) and power for the 3 license classes can be found in Rules and regulations.

If your PTT administration didn't sign the CEPT agreements, you can ask for a special guest license. Send an inquiry letter with a photocopy of your license to BIPT/IBPT. In any case you should include a photocopy of your licence together with the study program relating to the radio amateur examination in your country. The whole procedure may take quite a while and no guarantee of success.