Notify radio equipment on an ocean-going vessel (SOLAS)

Preconditions

To use this service, you must be registered on the DETEC eGovernment portal.

Fees

For registration of the frequency use, the fee is CHF 70.00
For allocation of a call sign, the initial administrative fee is CHF 110.00
The annual administrative fee, starting the year after allocation, is CHF 50.00

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Maritime radiocommunication

Notify radio equipment on a seagoing vessel (SOLAS) in order to obtain the corresponding licence (ship station licence incl. call sign and MMSI).

This notification authorises the use of radio equipment on merchant ships subject to the SOLAS Convention. It concerns VHF as well as medium and shortwave systems. OFCOM issues the ship station licence for all ships registered in Switzerland.

The term radio equipment includes, but is not limited to, fixed and portable VHF equipment, shortwave and upper mediumwave equipment, Inmarsat equipment, AIS equipment and transponders, NAVTEX receivers, radar, emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRB) and search and rescue transponders (SART).

Support - Contact

Federal Office of Communications
Radio Licences Section
Zukunftstrasse 44
PO Box 256
2501 Biel/Bienne

Email: kf-fk@bakom.admin.ch
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