TNAG-2316-FCO40-3360-Future-of-Hong-Kong-international-radio-call-signs-1991 — Page 14

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LETTERS, ACCORDING TO RULES LAID DOWN IN THE RADIO REGULATIONS. THE FIRST ONE OR TWO LETTERS OF A CALL SIGN INDICATE THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES OF A COUNTRY TO WHICH THE CALL SIGN BELONGS (RR 2101).

5. THE FOLLOWING LETTERS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES ALLOCATED BY THE ITU TO THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE SHARED BY HONG KONG AND CERTAIN OTHER BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES:

'VP' 'VR', 'VS', 'ZB', 'ZC' AND 'ZE'.

WITHIN THOSE PARTS OF THE SERIES ASSIGNED TO HONG KONG, THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSIGNING CALL SIGNS TO INDIVIDUAL STATIONS IN HONG KONG. THE ASSIGNMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CALL SIGNS BY THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY DOES NOT NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT.

PRESENT POSITION

6. AS OF MARCH 1991 THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY HAD ASSIGNED INTERNATIONAL CALL SIGNS FROM THE VR AND VS MARKS TO 2,574 RADIO STATIONS IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING

421 TO HONG KONG-REGISTERED

SHIPS

60 TO HONG KONG-REGISTERED AIRCRAFT

998 TO AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS

616 TO FISHING VESSELS

95 TO LOCAL CRAFT

294 TO PLEASURE VESSELS

90 FOR USE BY THE GOVERNMENT,

HONG KONG TELCOM INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND MISCELLANEOUS USE.

EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL CALL SIGNS USED IN HONG KONG ARE

A) VR HAA

B) VR JZ

CAIRCRAFT RADIO CALL SIGN)

(SHIP RADIO CALL SIGN)

C) VS 6XAA

CAMATEUR RADIO CALL SIGN)

AT PRESENT ALL HONG KONG AIRCRAFT AND 60 PER CENT OF LOCALLY- REGISTERED SHIPS USE THE 'VR' MARK WHILE OTHER INTERNATIONAL

RADIO STATIONS IN HONG KONG HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED OTHER MARKS FROM

THE UK'S SERIES.

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