In order to make your vacation to our island a special one, the Regulatory Authority offers a reciprocal operating license at no cost to the visiting ham. It’s very easy to obtain by the following ways:
e-mail a copy of your licence (scanned image or cell-phone picture), along with the dates of your visit and the address at which you will be staying (if travelling by cruise ship or sailing boat, just say so). The RA Telecommunications contact e-mail address will get to Alekah Dowling Licencing Administrator. T: (441) 405-6000 / Direct Line: (441) 474-6010. If you get no response in 48 hours, please e-mail licence@ra.bm. HOWEVER, Bermuda Public Holidays will be different, so please take that into account.
OR
You can also walk into the RA Telecommunications office and present your information in person. The process usually only takes about 15 minutes or so. The office is located at: Regulatory Authority, Craig Appin House; 1st Floor, 8 Wesley Street, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda. This is very near to the main Bus Terminus and City Hall [can be seen at the far North-West corner of City Hall parking].
Only licence holders who are equivalent to FCC General Class and above
can operate
on the island. It is also important to note you will be
restricted to 100 watts of power during your stay and the bands which
Bermuda defines (different). Example: the 5 MHz band is not available.
We encourage
you to use our local repeater systems. Our main repeater is on
146.22 MHz transmit / 146.82 MHz receive.
Please feel free to use the IRLP function, which is available on the main repeater. We ask that you announce that you will be accessing it before transmitting and close the node after your transmission is over. Key in “73” on your keypad to close the IRLP machine. By the way, our Node number is 8522, just in case your friends want to contact you while you’re on the island.
We also have EchoLink active on our repeater, in case you’d prefer to use that method of communication. Just make sure you know the Node number of the station you wish to contact and remember to key in “73” on your keypad to close the link when you’re finished.
We look forward to your visit and hope you enjoy your time in Bermuda!