MIC API station-class and equipment-standard codes — English translation

Source: 無線局等情報検索 Web-APIのコード値一覧 (Radio Station Information Search Web-API: list of code values), version 1.2.0, September 2023. MIC Japanese PDF. Retrieved and translated 17 September 2026. This translates the complete station-class list (PDF pp. 3–4) and equipment-standard list (PDF p. 5), including their supplementary notes and examples. Codes and Japanese labels are preserved.

Station class — OW

Source heading: 無線局の種別. Supply the corresponding value for the station-class field. Used with licence searches, ST=1.

No. Code Japanese station class English translation Source supplementary note
1 AT アマチュア局 Amateur station
2 FX 固定局 Fixed station Individually licensed fixed stations.
3 BB 特定以外の地上基幹放送局 Terrestrial basic broadcasting station other than a specified terrestrial basic broadcasting station
4 BC 特定地上基幹放送局 Specified terrestrial basic broadcasting station
5 BD 特定以外の地上基幹放送試験局 Terrestrial basic broadcasting test station other than a specified terrestrial basic broadcasting test station
6 BE 特定地上基幹放送試験局 Specified terrestrial basic broadcasting test station
7 BG 地上一般放送局 Terrestrial general broadcasting station
8 FC 海岸局 Coast station
9 FA 航空局 Aeronautical station
10 FB 基地局(PHS除く) Base station, excluding PHS Excludes PHS base stations and base stations under blanket licences.
11 FB_PHS 基地局(PHS) PHS base station Base stations for PHS.
12 FP 携帯基地局 Portable base station
13 RP 無線呼出局 Radio paging station
14 FBR 陸上移動中継局 Land-mobile relay station Individually licensed land-mobile relay stations.
15 MS 船舶局 Ship station
16 MSS 特定船舶局 Specified ship station
17 DS 遭難自動通報局 Automatic distress-alerting station
18 MB 船上通信局 On-board communications station
19 MA 航空機局 Aircraft station
20 ML 陸上移動局 Land-mobile station
21 MP 携帯局 Portable station
22 MO 移動局 Mobile station
23 RL 無線航行陸上局 Radionavigation land station
24 RO 無線航行移動局 Radionavigation mobile station
25 LR 無線標定陸上局 Radiolocation land station
26 MR 無線標定移動局 Radiolocation mobile station
27 RB 無線標識局 Radiobeacon station
28 TC 地球局 Earth station
29 TI 海岸地球局 Coast earth station
30 TB 航空地球局 Aeronautical earth station
31 TYP 携帯基地地球局 Portable base earth station
32 TG 船舶地球局 Ship earth station
33 TJ 航空機地球局 Aircraft earth station
34 TUP 携帯移動地球局 Portable mobile earth station Individually licensed portable mobile earth stations.
35 ME 宇宙局 Space station
36 EKT 人工衛星局 Artificial-satellite station
37 EV 衛星基幹放送局 Satellite basic broadcasting station
38 EBE 衛星基幹放送試験局 Satellite basic broadcasting test station
39 EM 非常局 Emergency station
40 EX 実験試験局 Experimental test station
41 EXT 特定実験試験局 Specified experimental test station
42 DVT 実用化試験局 Practical-use test station
43 CR 簡易無線局 Simplified radio station Excludes personal-radio stations.
44 CR_PA 簡易無線局(パーソナル無線) Simplified radio station for personal radio Simplified radio stations for personal radio.
45 LO 構内無線局 On-premises radio station
46 SM 気象援助局 Meteorological aids station
47 SS 標準周波数局 Standard-frequency station
48 SP 特別業務の局 Special-service station
49 FX_H 固定局(包括免許) Fixed station under a blanket licence Fixed stations under blanket licences.
50 ML_H 陸上移動局(包括免許) Land-mobile station under a blanket licence Land-mobile stations under blanket licences.
51 MP_H 携帯局(包括免許) Portable station under a blanket licence Portable stations under blanket licences.
52 TC_H 地球局(包括免許) Earth station under a blanket licence Earth stations under blanket licences.
53 TUP_H 携帯移動地球局(包括免許) Portable mobile earth station under a blanket licence Portable mobile earth stations under blanket licences.
54 FB_H 基地局(包括免許) Base station under a blanket licence Base stations under blanket licences.
55 FBR_H 陸上移動中継局(包括免許) Land-mobile relay station under a blanket licence Land-mobile relay stations under blanket licences.

Source examples and note (PDF p. 4):

  • Base station excluding PHS: OW=FB.
  • PHS base station: OW=FB_PHS.
  • Land-mobile relay station under a blanket licence: OW=FBR_H.
  • The FB and FBR portions represent the station-class codes.

Use each complete API value, including its underscore and suffix. In particular, FX and FX_H are separate search values. 包括免許 is translated here as “blanket licence”; 個別免許 as “individual licence.” PHS means Personal Handy-phone System.

Radio equipment standard — OW2

Source heading: 無線設備の規格. Used with registration searches, ST=2. Preserve all three digits, including leading zeros.

No. Code Japanese equipment category English translation
1 001 ５GHz帯無線アクセスシステムの無線局設備のうち基地局に係るもの Base-station equipment for 5 GHz wireless access systems.
2 002 ５GHz帯無線アクセスシステムの無線局設備のうち陸上移動中継局に係るもの Land-mobile relay-station equipment for 5 GHz wireless access systems.
3 003 ５GHz帯無線アクセスシステムの無線局設備のうち陸上移動局に係るもの Land-mobile station equipment for 5 GHz wireless access systems.
4 004 ＰＨＳ基地局のうち１Ｗ以下のもの PHS base stations of 1 W or less.
5 005 ２．４GHz帯構内無線局のうち周波数ホッピング方式を用いるもの 2.4 GHz on-premises radio stations using frequency hopping.
6 006 ９００MHz帯構内無線局に係るもの Equipment for 900 MHz on-premises radio stations.
7 007 ＰＨＳ基地局とＰＨＳ陸上移動局の間の通信を中継する無線設備のうち１０mW以下のもの Radio equipment of 10 mW or less that relays communications between PHS base stations and PHS land-mobile stations.
8 008 デジタル簡易無線局 Digital simplified radio stations.
9 009 ９００MHz帯簡易無線局に係るもの Equipment for 900 MHz simplified radio stations.
10 010 ５GHz帯無線アクセスシステムの無線局設備のうち携帯基地局に係るもの Portable base-station equipment for 5 GHz wireless access systems.
11 011 ５GHz帯無線アクセスシステムの無線局設備のうち携帯局に係るもの Portable-station equipment for 5 GHz wireless access systems.
12 012 920MHz帯陸上移動局に係るもの(無線設備規則第49条の34第1項) Equipment for 920 MHz land-mobile stations (Radio Equipment Regulations, Article 49-34, paragraph 1).
13 013 ５．２GHz帯高出力データ通信システムの無線局設備のうち基地局に係るもの Base-station equipment for 5.2 GHz high-power data communication systems.
14 014 ５．２GHz帯高出力データ通信システムの無線局設備のうち陸上移動中継局に係るもの Land-mobile relay-station equipment for 5.2 GHz high-power data communication systems.
15 015 920MHz帯移動体識別用陸上移動局に係るもの(無線設備規則第49条の34第2項) Equipment for 920 MHz land-mobile stations used for mobile-object identification (Radio Equipment Regulations, Article 49-34, paragraph 2).

Source example: for base-station equipment of a 5 GHz wireless access system, specify OW2=001.

The source revision history (PDF p. 2) records addition of entries 13–14 in version 1.1.0 (January 2019), and entry 15 in version 1.2.0 (September 2023). The OW/OW2 search-type association is given in the request specification translation.