Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

Guideline on the Allocation of Call Sign to the

Amateur Radio Service

This document is issued as a guide to staff of the Commission and as information to

those who have interest in the Amateur Radio Service. The information contained in

this document may be subject to change without notice.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTENT 3

INTRODUCTION 3

FORMATION OF THE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE CALL SIGN 3

ALLOCATION OF MALAYSIAN AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE

CALL SIGN 4

CALL SIGNS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND PURPOSES 6

RESERVED CALL SIGNS 7

REVOCATION OF AND REALLOCATION OF CALL SIGN 7

FIVE CHARACTER CALL SIGN 7

CALL SIGN FOR FUTURE ALLOCATION 8

FOREIGN NATIONALS AND RECIPROCAL CALL SIGN 8

EFFECTIVE DATE 9

Attachments:

Attachment 1: Reserved Call Signs

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INTENT

The intent of this document is to guide staff of the Malaysian Communications

and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and to inform interested parties on the
allocation of call sign to the Amateur Radio Service; to ensure efficient allocation
of resources in compliance with the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998
and the requirement of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

INTRODUCTION

1. All radiocommunication transmissions shall be capable of being identified by

identification signals or by other means. For a radiocommunication station that is
opened to the international public correspondence and capable of causing
harmful interference beyond its national boundary as in the case of the Amateur
Radio Service; the station shall carry a call sign in conformity with the
International Call Sign Series1 allocated to the administration by the ITU. The ITU
clearly defines the formation of call signs for the Amateur Radio Service in Article
19 of the Radio Regulations.

2. This Guideline describes the formation and allocation of call sign to the Amateur
Radio Service station in Malaysia.

FORMATION OF THE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE CALL SIGN

3. The ITU has allocated the prefixes 9MAA to 9MZZ and 9WAA to 9WZZ to
Malaysia for all stations that are opened to international public correspondences
and other stations that are capable of causing harmful interference beyond the
Malaysian boundary.

4. In the case of the Amateur Radio Service, the call sign for an Amateur Radio

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Appendix 42 (WRC-2000) Table of allocation of international call sign series
 Service station is formed by two characters followed by a digit and a group of not
more than three letters. Thus the call sign of a station in the Amateur Radio
Service in Malaysia would be :

9 M D L1 L2 L3

or

9 W D L1 L2 L3

where:
9M , 9W : national prefixes
D: any digit 2 to 9
L1, L2,L3 : any letter A to Z

Example: 9M2RUZ

ALLOCATION OF MALAYSIAN AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE CALL SIGN

5. The Amateur Radio Service will be allocated with a 6 (six) character call sign
based on the three main geographical territories of Malaysia i.e. Peninsular
Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak and according to the Category of Amateur Radio
Service as in Table 1 that follows:

Table 1 : Malaysian Amateur Radio Service Call Sign

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 Geographical Category Malaysian Amateur Radio Service
Territory Call sign

Peninsular Class A 9M2LLL

Malaysia Class B 9W2LLL

Sabah Class A 9M6LLL

Class B 9W6LLL

Sarawak Class A 9M8LLL

Class B 9W8LLL

Note: L may represent any letter A to Z

6. A call sign will be allocated to an Amateur Radio Service station during the
processing of its Apparatus Assignment (AA) application based on the
geographical location of its registered base station as in the previous paragraph
5. The applicant may state his preference for a specific call sign (he may suggest
2 preferred call signs). MCMC will consider the request on the principle of first
come first served. In the case whereby the preferred call sign is not available or
the applicant does not state his preference, MCMC Apparatus Assignment
executive will assign a call sign as he deems fit in accordance with this Guideline.

7. The same call sign is allocated to an Amateur Radio Service station upon its re-
application or modification of Apparatus Assignment. No change in call sign shall
be allowed except in the case of an upgrade in Category from the Class B to
Class A. In such case, a new Class A call sign will be allocated and the previous
Class B call sign shall be revoked.

8. A Malaysian national who holds a valid Amateur Radio Service license issued by
a foreign authority may be allocated with a Malaysian call sign subject to the
validation and verification of the license on a case by case basis.
9. The procedure for dealing with the application and processing of the Apparatus
Assignment for an Amateur Radio Service could be found in the document -
Standard Operating Procedure for Amateur Service Apparatus Assignment
issued by MCMC in January 2003.

CALL SIGNS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND PURPOSES

10. For special events (such as Jamborees On The Air, Island On The Air, sports
rally etc), Amateur Radio Clubs, repeaters and experimental station operations;
the call signs could be allocated according to the following format:

Table 2: Malaysian Amateur Radio Service Call Sign For Special Events and Purposes

Event/Purpose Malaysian Amateur Radio Service

Call sign

Amateur Radio Beacons 9M4BLL

Amateur Radio Club 9M4CLL
Experimental 9M4ELL
Amateur Radio Gateways 9M4GLL
Amateur Radio Repeaters 9M4RLL
Special Events 9M4SLL

Where: LL may represent any letter A to Z

RESERVED CALL SIGNS

11. The combination of certain letters in a call sign may depict unacceptable word
such as 9M2SEX or sound indecent such as 9M2AQR or cause confusion with

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 the Q code series which are reserved by the ITU for the Maritime Mobile Service.
Such call signs as listed in Attachment 1 will be reserved by MCMC and will not
be allocated.

REVOCATION AND REALLOCATION OF CALL SIGN

12. In the case that an Amateur Radio Service Apparatus Assignment holder of Class
B is elevated to Class A, he would then be allocated with a Class A call sign and
shall have to relinquish the Class B call sign allocated previously.

13. An Amateur Radio Service Apparatus Assignment holder who fails to re-apply for
2 consecutive years after the expiry of his Apparatus Assignment will have his
call sign revoked.

14. In the event of the demise of an Amateur Radio Service Apparatus Assignment
holder, the allocated call sign may be revoked.

15. The revoked call signs may be re-allocated to new applicants after a period of 5
years.

FIVE CHARACTER CALL SIGN

16. An Amateur Radio Service Apparatus Assignment holder who is currently

allocated with a 5 character call sign (i.e. 9M2LL, 9W2LL, 9M6LL, 9W6LL,
9M8LL, 9W8LL) may continue to use the allocated call sign upon re-applying for
his station Apparatus Assignment.

17. However, an Amateur Radio Service Apparatus Assignment holder may apply to
MCMC to have his 5 character call sign varied to a 6 character call sign.

18. The 5 character call sign shall not be issued to new applicants from the date of
effective implementation of this Guideline.

CALL SIGN FOR FUTURE ALLOCATION

19. The call sign series in Table 3 that follows are reserved for future expansion of
 the Amateur Radio Service. However, they shall not be allocated unless the
current call sign series described in paragraph 5 are fully exhausted.

Table 3: Malaysian Amateur Radio Service Call Sign For Future Allocation

Prefix 9M Prefix 9W

9M3LLL 9W3LLL
9M5LLL 9W5LLL
9M7LLL 9W7LLL
9M9LLL 9W9LLL

Note: L may represent any letter A to Z

FOREIGN NATIONALS AND RECIPROCAL CALL SIGN

20. A visiting foreign Amateur Radio Service operator who holds a valid Amateur
Radio Service licence issued by the authority of his country would be allocated
with a reciprocal call sign during the period of his residency in Malaysia as
follows:

Table: Reciprocal Call Signs

Geographical Category Reciprocal Call sign

Territory

Peninsular Malaysia Class A 9M2/home country call sign

Class B 9W2/home country call sign

Sabah Class A 9M6/home country call sign

Class B 9W6/home country call sign
Sarawak Class A 9M8/home country call sign
Class B 9W8/home country call sign

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21. The reciprocal call sign is issued based on the principle of reciprocity.

22. The MCMC will review and periodically update the list of reciprocal countries.

EFFECTIVE DATE

23. This Guideline comes into effect on 29 December 2003.

 Attachment 1

Reserved Call Signs

Prefix Prefix Prefix Prefix Prefix Prefix Prefix

9M2 9M6 9M8 9W2 9W6 9W8 9M4

9M2AQA 9M6AQA 9M8AQA 9W2AQA 9W6AQA 9W8AQA na

to to to to to to
9M2AQZ 9M6AQZ 9M8AQZ 9W2AQZ 9W6AQZ 9W8AQZ

9M2ASS 9M6ASS 9M8ASS 9W2ASS 9W6ASS 9W8ASS na

9M2QAA 9M6QAA 9M8QAA 9W2QAA 9W6QAA 9W8QAA na

to to to to to to
9M2QZZ 9M6QZZ 9M8QZZ 9W2QZZ 9W6QZZ 9W8QZZ

9M2SEX 9M6SEX 9M8SEX 9W2SEX 9W6SEX 9W8SEX 9M4SEX

9M2SOS 9M6SOS 9M8SOS 9W2SOS 9W6SOS 9W8SOS 9M4SOS

9M2XXX 9M6XXX 9M8XXX 9MWXXX 9W6XXX 9W8XXX 9M4XXX

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