Amateur radio resources

ACMA Assist

• Check your call sign/s and qualification/s
• Apply for qualification/s, call sign/s, to become an accredited assessor
• Accredited assessors – access examination papers and supporting material, and submit examination results and completed examination materials
• Our ACMA Assist registration guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to register for ACMA Assist

Call sign register

• Check whether a call sign is assigned, available or reserved
• For assigned call signs, check the qualification level of the amateur to whom it is assigned

Register of Radiocommunications Licences (RRL)

• Check your non-assigned licence, or assigned (beacon or repeater) licence

Accredited assessor list

• Find an accredited assessor to sit an amateur radio examination

Subscribe to the amateur radio newsletter

• Keep up to date with our key amateur radio news 

Spectrum forms

• Download and complete application forms to mail or email to us

Contact us

• For questions or help

Radiocommunications Accreditation (Amateur Radio Examinations) Rules 2023

• Arrangements for accrediting assessors, withdrawing accreditation and conditions assessors must follow 

Radiocommunications (Amateur Stations) Class Licence 2023

• Conditions for amateurs, including: 
  • lists of frequencies to use
  • power limits
  • electromagnetic energy requirements
  • dealing with call signs
  • ACMA recognition certificates
  • recognised qualifications
  • rules for operation

Radiocommunications Act 1992

• Licensing, regulation and enforcement for radiocommunications devices

Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Amateur Licence) Determination 2015

• Conditions for non-assigned and assigned (repeater or beacon) amateur licensees, including:
  • lists of frequencies to use
  • power limits
  • dealing with call signs
  • rules for operation

Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Apparatus Licence) Determination 2015

• Conditions for non-assigned and assigned (repeater or beacon) amateur licensees, including:
  • transmitter operating conditions
  • electromagnetic radiation requirements

Radiocommunications (Amateur Licences – Renewal Statement) Determination 2023

Amateur non-assigned licences cannot be renewed