Requesting the allocation or extension of the allocation period of a club station call sign

If you are authorized to participate in the amateur radio service, you can, under certain conditions, be assigned an additional callsign for the operation of an amateur radio station as a club station.

A club station is an amateur radio station that is operated by a group of radio amateurs using a shared call sign.

If you are licensed to participate in the amateur radio service in Germany, you can apply to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) for the allocation of a call sign for a club station. You must have been appointed by the management of your group as the person responsible for the club station.

The frequency ranges and maximum transmission power permitted for radio operation depend on the amateur radio certificate class entered in your allocation certificate. There are the amateur radio certificate classes

• E and
• A.

When you are allocated a callsign, the following personal data will be published in the callsign list and callsign query on the BNetzA website:

• Your name and
• Your amateur radio certificate class in connection with the amateur radio call sign assigned to you.

If you do not object, your address and the location of your amateur radio station will also be published. You can object to this publication by

• stating this in your application or
• objecting to this in writing at a later date.

In deviation from the regulations for the other callsign allocations of the amateur radio service, callsigns with a 4 to 7-digit suffix or 1-digit suffix can also be allocated for club stations. Such callsigns are allocated to you for a limited period:

• the maximum allocation period for club station callsigns with a 1-digit suffix is 5 years,
• 1 year for club station callsigns with a 4 to 7-digit suffix.

Temporary call sign allocations can generally be extended. Applications must be submitted in good time before the end of the allocation period. However, callsign allocations with a 4 to 7-digit suffix cannot be extended.

You can specify callsign requests in the application. However, there is no legal entitlement to specific callsigns.

• Application
• informal proof of the existence of an association of radio amateurs. If the association is known to the BNetzA, no proof is required.

• You have a residence in Germany.
• You are authorized to participate in the amateur radio service in Germany and therefore have a personal callsign.
• The management of your group of radio amateurs has appointed you as the person responsible for the club station.

For the allocation of a club station callsign with a 4- to 7-digit suffix:

• You submit your application on the basis of a plausible special general occasion as defined in the callsign plan.

• Appeal
  Further information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification or the fee notice.
• Appeal to the administrative court

You can apply for the allocation or renewal of a call sign for the operation of an amateur radio station as a club station online or in writing by post or e-mail.

Online application:

• Call up the online application on the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de. This will guide you step by step through the necessary information. Complete the application in full online.
• Submit your application online.
• The BNetzA will check and process your application.
• You will receive
  • your allocation certificate and
  • a request for payment.
• You transfer the fee.

Written application:

• Go to the BNetzA website and open the application form.
• You can either
• fill it out directly online
• or download it and then complete it.
• Then send the signed application to the BNetzA by e-mail or post.
• The BNetzA will check and process your application.
• The BNetzA will send you
  • an allocation certificate and
  • a request for payment.
• You transfer the fee.

One-off fees are generally charged for this official act.: Fee 39,00 EUR (Information on cost composition can be found here)

There are no indications or special features.