Callsign Construction

Each call sign has two letters prefix(HL, DS, DT, D7-D9, 6K-6M) and one, two or three letters suffix separated by a numeral(1-5) indicating the geographic region and 9 for U.S. personnel in republic of Korea, 0 for club station.
 

Korean Amateur Radio Licenses

There are four different operating class licenses involved with amateur radio in Korea. They are 3th class phone, 3th class, 2nd class, 1st class. Each license class offers different operating privileges. The requirements needed for an Amateur radio license in Korea depends on each class. There are two types of tests that are administered, they are theory and code(CW).
 

Amateur radio license classes along with their requirements.

Amateur radio band allocations by operating class

		1st class	2nd class		3th class		3th class(phone)
POWER		UP TO 500W PEP	UP TO 100W PEP		UP TO 50W PEP		UP TO 50W PEP
160M		1.800 - 1.825Mhz	1.800 - 1.825Mhz		1.800 - 1.825Mhz		*     *     *
80M		3.500 - 3.550Mhz  3.790 - 3.800Mhz	3.500 - 3.550Mhz 3.790 - 3.800Mhz		3.500 - 3.550Mhz 3.790 - 3.800Mhz		3.500 - 3.550Mhz  3.790 - 3.800Mhz
40M	7.000 - 7.100Mhz			7.000 - 7.100Mhz		7.000 - 7.100Mhz		7.000 - 7.100Mhz
30M	10.100 - 10.150Mhz			10.100 - 10.150Mhz		*    *    *		*     *     *
20M	14.000 - 14.350Mhz			14.000 - 14.350Mhz		*    *    *		*     *     *
17M	18.068 - 18.168Mhz			18.068 - 18.168Mhz		*    *    *		*     *     *
15M	21.000 - 21.450Mhz			21.000 - 21.450Mhz		21.000 - 21.450Mhz		21.000 - 21.450Mhz
12M	24.890 - 24.990Mhz			24.890 - 24.990Mhz		24.890 - 24.990Mhz		24.890 - 24.990Mhz
10M	28.000 - 29.700Mhz			28.000 - 29.700Mhz		28.000 - 29.700Mhz		28.000 - 29.700Mhz
6M	50.000 - 54.000Mhz			50.000 - 54.000Mhz		50.000 - 54.000Mhz		50.000 - 54.000Mhz
2M	144.00 - 146.00Mhz			144.00 - 146.00Mhz		144.00 - 146.00Mhz		144.00 - 146.00Mhz
70Cm	430.00 - 440.00Mhz			430.00 - 440.00Mhz		430.00 - 440.00Mhz		430.00 - 440.00Mhz
23Cm	1.260 - 1.300Ghz			1.260 - 1.300Ghz		1.260 - 1.300Ghz		1.260 - 1.300Ghz
13Cm	2.400 - 2.450Ghz			2.400 - 2.450Ghz		2.400 - 2.450Ghz		2.400 - 2.450Ghz

KARL Band Plans

KARL Awards Program

1. KARL awards is available to all amateur radio stations and SWLs worldwide.

2. Contacts must be made after february 3, 1959.

3. Contacts with HL9(The station for U.S. personnel in Republic of Korea) will not be acceptable

4. Applicants need to hold QSL cards for QSOs claimed.

5. Specialty certificates are available for a variety of different bands and modes.

6. Applications must be accompanied by a declaration signed by any two licensed amateurs. Otherwise, You have to send your application with QSL card concerned to KARL. ( You can get specified application forms html, or  text)

7. A fee of 8 IRCs(1,500won)will be charged per award and 5 IRCs(1,000Won) will be charged for sticker. If QSL cards are submitted, sufficient fund for return postage will also be required. ( If you need current exchange rate click here)

8. All applications should be sent to:

    The Korean Amateur Radio League Inc.,

    C.P.O.Box 162, Seoul 100-601,

    Republic of Korea

    TEL : 82 2 575 9580

    FAX : 82 2 576 8574

    E-MAIL : [email protected]

1. HLA (HL AWARD)
My be claimed for having contacted(heard) and received required QSL cards from Amateur Radio Station located in any call areas. There are 5 different class.
CLASS K : requires 5 QSL

CLASS O : requires 10 QSL

CLASS R : requires 20 QSL

CLASS E : requires 30 QSL

CLASS A : requires 50 QSL

Endorsement stickers will be awarded as additional every 50 QSL are granted.

2. AKA (All Korea Award)
May be claimed for having contacted (heard) and received QSL cards from an amateur station located in each of the 6 call areas (1-5, 0).
* Call areas 1-5 : Districts

                      0 : Club station

Refer to Callsign construction for more details

3. APA (All Province Award)
May be claimed for having contacted (heard) and received QSL cards from an amateur station located in each of the Seoul Metropolis, 5 Megalopolis ( Pusan, Taegu, Guwangju, Incheon, Taejeon) and 9 provinces.
 

4. KDN (Korea District Number Award)

May be claimed for having contacted (heard) and received a QSL card from amateur station located in each of at least 50 different City, Gun or Gu of Korea. (click here to see Korean Administrative District System)

KDN 100, 150, 200, 250 and all KDN will be issued as separate awards.    A list of QSL card should be arranged in order of KDN number, however names of city may be omitted.