Page 267 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 267

Radio and Telegraph Licences, conttl

Amateur Radio Operator's Certificates, Class B arc issued to candidates
who arc not less than 15 years of age and, among other qualifications, arc able
to send and receive in the Morse code at a speed of not less than 10 words a
minute.
Amateur Radio Operator’s Certificates, Class C arc issued to candidates
w ho are not less than 12 years of age and, among other qualifications, arc able
to send and receive in the Morse code at a speed of not less than 5 words
a minute.
Before issuing an Operator’s Certificate, the Postmaster General shall examine
each applicant so as to be satisfied that the applicant possesses the minimum
qualifications required for the class of certificate for which he has applied.
The examination shall consist of written, oral and practical tests. However,
the Postmaster General may, in his discretion, issue without examination a
Jamaican Certificate to the holder of an equivalent certificate of proficiency
issued in another Commonwealth country.
Where there is an agreement between Jamaica and some other country (out­
side the Commonwealth), for the granting of reciprocal amateur radio operating
privileges to the nationals of one country when visiting the other country, the
Postmaster General may issue an Alien Amateur Radio Station Permit for the
operation of an amateur radio station in Jamaica, for a specified period, to a
national of any other such country w ho is the holder of an amateur radio licence
valid in the country of which he is a citizen or national. At the present time, such
an agreement is in operation only between Jamaica and the United States of
America.
The examination fee for any class of Amateur Radio Operator’s Certificate
is SI .00. The fee for an Amateur Radio Station Licence on application is S.200.
The Licence shall expire on the 31st day of March next after the date of issue
but may be renewed annually on payment of the fee of S2.00 to the Postmaster
General.
RADIO TECHNICIAN’S LICENCES
These Licences are issued by the Postmaster General in accordance with the
provisions of the Radio and Telegraph Control (Radio Operators and Techni­
cians) Regulations, 1974.
A Radio Technician’s Licence, Class A may be issued to any applicant who
has satisfied the Postmaster General of his knowledge and qualifications in
respect of:—
(a) the general principles of electricity and the theory of radio;
(b) advanced skill in the installation, repair and adjustment of radio
transmitting apparatus with particular reference to safety measures
and to the avoidance of harmful interference to other radio users; and
(c) the operation and use of test instruments.
A Radio Technician’s Licence, Class B may be issued to any applicant who
has satisfied the Postmaster General of his knowledge and qualifications in
respect of:—
(a) elementary principles of electricity and the theory of radio;
(b) basic skill in the installation, repair and adjustment of radio trans­
mitting apparatus having a radio frequency power not exceeding
one thousand watts and with particular reference to safety measures
and to the avoidance of harmful interference to other radio users; and
(c) the operation and use of basic test instruments.