ISED regulates the
amateur radio service as defined in the
Radiocommunications Regulations derived from the
Radiocommunication Act.
Although the Amateur Certificate is
free and
valid for life, you must
notify ISED of any change of address.
The certificate must be retained at the station (at the address provided) and an operator may be asked to produce it to an inspector within 48 hours. However the holder of an Amateur Radio Certificate can operate an amateur radio anywhere in Canada.
There is no age limit to hold an Amateur Radio Certificate with Basics Qualification, but you must have a valid Canadian address.
Payments for third-party message is also not allowed.
Offensive language, business-related conversations, music, deceptive signals, encrypted, coded, or secret messages, harmful interference, are not allowed on ham bands. In other words, only conversations of a personal or technical nature are allowed.
Broadcasts to the general public, or communications with non-ham are also not allowed on ham bands except if it is required for the immediate safety of life of individuals or the immediate protection of property. The only non-emergency one-way transmissions allowed are from beacons.
In emergency situations, a ham operator can use any means of radio communications necessary, including transmitting outside the ham bands and at any power output.
If you have an Amateur Radio Certificate and are using another amateur's stations,