{"id":684,"date":"2025-04-26T15:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T21:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/?page_id=684"},"modified":"2025-04-27T12:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T18:26:50","slug":"ised","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/index.php\/ised\/","title":{"rendered":"ISED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Innovation, Science and Economic Development<\/strong> is the agency of the federal government of Canada that has legal authority over radio communications in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governing piece of legislation is the <strong>Radiocommunication Act<\/strong>. Under that legal framework ISED develops regulations, policies and procedures for the administration of the radio spectrum in Canada as well as the various services that operate in it, such as land mobile, aeronautical, marine, broadcast and amateur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some useful ISED resources for amateur radio operators:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/spectrum-management-telecommunications\/en\/licences-and-certificates\/radio-authorizations\/amateur-radio-operator-certification\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/spectrum-management-telecommunications\/en\/licences-and-certificates\/radio-authorizations\/amateur-radio-operator-certification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amateur radio operator certification<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/amateur-radio-operator-certificate-services\/en\/amateur-radio-exam-generator\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/amateur-radio-operator-certificate-services\/en\/amateur-radio-exam-generator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amateur radio practice exams<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/spectrum-management-telecommunications\/en\/licences-and-certificates\/radiocom-information-circulars-ric\/ric-9-call-sign-policy-and-special-event-prefixes\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/spectrum-management-telecommunications\/en\/licences-and-certificates\/radiocom-information-circulars-ric\/ric-9-call-sign-policy-and-special-event-prefixes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Callsign policy and special event prefixes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/spectrum-management-telecommunications\/en\/licences-and-certificates\/radiocom-information-circulars-ric\/ric-3-information-amateur-radio-service\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/spectrum-management-telecommunications\/en\/licences-and-certificates\/radiocom-information-circulars-ric\/ric-3-information-amateur-radio-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Information on the amateur radio service<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apc-cap.ic.gc.ca\/pls\/apc_anon\/query_amat_cs$.startup\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apc-cap.ic.gc.ca\/pls\/apc_anon\/query_amat_cs$.startup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Look up a call sign<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apc-cap.ic.gc.ca\/pls\/apc_anon\/query_avail_cs$.startup\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apc-cap.ic.gc.ca\/pls\/apc_anon\/query_avail_cs$.startup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Search for an available call sign<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apc-cap.ic.gc.ca\/pls\/apc_anon\/query_examiner_amat$.startup\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apc-cap.ic.gc.ca\/pls\/apc_anon\/query_examiner_amat$.startup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Search for a designated examiner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/spectrum-management-telecommunications\/en\/licences-and-certificates\/regulations-reference-rbr\/rbr-4-standards-operation-radio-stations-amateur-radio-service\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/spectrum-management-telecommunications\/en\/licences-and-certificates\/regulations-reference-rbr\/rbr-4-standards-operation-radio-stations-amateur-radio-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Standards for the operation of an amateur radio station<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovation, Science and Economic Development is the agency of the federal government of Canada that has legal authority over radio communications in Canada. The governing piece of legislation is the Radiocommunication Act. Under that legal framework ISED develops regulations, policies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/index.php\/ised\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-684","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":717,"href":"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/684\/revisions\/717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qcarc.radio\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}