[aprssig]:Amateur radio laws in Canada

[Mark Saurman]

On 7/20/06, Robert Radmore <rradmore at wzrd.com> wrote:

> The simple answer is yes, no. You need to identify at least every half hour
> and give a general location. For example KB8UIH mobile VE3 in Toronto.

When they say "the visitor should give his or her callsign and
location" on the RAC webpage, they mean the Canadian callsign prefix
for the area you are in.  Just IDing with KB8UIH portable VE3 is fine.
 Also, you must ID at the beginning and end of each QSO.

Here is the applicable section of RIC-2 which you can find at
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/en/sf01226e.html

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9.2 The operator of an amateur station licensed by the Government of
the United States shall identify the station:

(a) by transmitting the call sign assigned to the licensee's station
by the Federal Communications Commission;


b) if transmitting:
(i) by radiotelephony, by adding the word "mobile" or "portable", or


(ii) by radiotelegraphy, by adding an oblique character ("/"); and


(c) by adding the Canadian amateur call sign prefix set out in Column
I of an item of Schedule IV for the geographical location of the
station set out in Column II of that item.
9.3 The operator of any amateur station shall transmit the applicable
identification referred to in subsection (9.1) or (9.2), in English or
in French, at the beginning and at the end of each period of exchange
of communication or test transmission, and at intervals of not more
than 30 minutes throughout the period of exchange of communication.

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73,

Mark VO1ONE