Industry Canada amends call sign policy

Industry Canada has issued RIC-9, Issue 2 (Provisional) Call Sign Policy and Special Event Prefixes, effective October, 2005, to reflect modifications to the International Radio Regulations pertaining to the formulation of call signs for the Amateur Radio Service.

The regulation changes result from the decisions of the World Radiocommunication Conference in July, 2003.

For full details of the changes, radio amateurs may download RIC-9 Issue 2 (Provisional) dated October, 2005 at: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/en/sf02102e.html.

Further information will be published in The Canadian Amateur and on the RAC web site.

Source: Radio Amateurs of Canada

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