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Call signs in Canada are official identifiers issued to the country's radio and television stations. Assignments for broadcasting stations are made by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), while amateur stations receive their call signs from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (previously Industry Canada).
An amateur operator's call sign is composed of a prefix, a separating numeral and a suffix. The prefix can be composed of letters or numbers, the separating numeral is between 0 and 9, and a suffix is from one to four characters, usually letters. [ 5 ] Examples of call signs and their constituent parts are as follows:
Pertaining to their status as former or current colonies, all of the British West Indies islands shared the VS, ZB–ZJ, and ZN–ZO prefixes. The current, largely post-independence, allocation list is as follows: Anguilla (in amateur radio VP2E prefix) Antigua and Barbuda (uses V2 prefix) Bahamas (has the C6 prefix) Barbados (uses 8P)
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) allocates call sign prefixes for radio and television stations of all types. [1] They also form the basis for, but may not exactly match, aircraft registration identifiers. These prefixes are agreed upon internationally, and are a form of country code. A call sign can be any number of letters and ...
Beginnings. Amateur radio came into being after radio waves (proved to exist by Heinrich Rudolf Hertz in 1888) were adapted into a communication system in the 1890s by the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. [6] In the late 19th century there had been amateur wired telegraphers setting up their own interconnected telegraphic systems.
Amateur radio call signs are in the international series and normally consist of a one or two character prefix, a digit (which may be used to denote a geographical area, class of license, or identify a licensee as a visitor or temporary resident), and a 1-, 2-, or 3-letter suffix. In Australia, call signs are structured with a two letter prefix ...
Website. NRC Short Wave Station Broadcasts (CHU) CHU is the call sign of a shortwave time signal radio station operated by the Institute for National Measurement Standards of the National Research Council. [1] CHU's signal is used for continuous dissemination of official Canadian government time signals, derived from atomic clocks.
The 2015 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) approved a new worldwide frequency allocation of 5.351.5–5.366.5 MHz to the amateurs on a secondary basis. The allocation limits amateur stations to 15 watts effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP); however some locations will be permit up to 25 W EIRP.