Currently, a discussion is raging on this server and probably elsewhere about the new Permit Conditions. Are we really arguing about the right things? I offer you my thoughts on this situation. And my opinion, what are the more important problems of Slovak radio amateurs. Access to KV without a telegraphy exam. From the reaction, I get the impression that this is the main question for many radio amateurs, but is it really necessary to deal with it? I think not. Why? It's simple, it's already been decided, it's just a matter of time when we start accepting it.
It had a chronology of development
- 2003 The World Radiocommunication Conference WRC2003 decided that telegraphy exams are no longer a valid condition for entering the KV band. (but she left it up to the local authorities how to deal with it.)
- CEPT then reacted by canceling the division of CEPT permits (with telegraphy and without telegraphy)
- 2005, due to the pressure to create a beginner's CEPT license, CEPT-Novice was created.
So, since 2003, two large radio communication organizations of which we are members agree that access to the KV band should not be conditional on a telegraphy exam. And how did Slovakia react? In 2004, which in their own way realized the events in the field of radio communication. Amateurs from CEPT with a permit without telegraphy (classes C and D) have taken this permit with the claim that it was canceled (which is a misleading claim). This change caused a very stormy reaction, unfortunately the changes were already implemented too late. The problem that surfaced with this change is the insufficient effort of the SZR and some of their members to communicate with the surrounding area. (at that time two amateur radio servers were established which would definitely like to give space for discussion).
In 2005, when CEPT-Novice is already valid and even SZR are not doing anything, they probably don't care much about the lower classes of operators. Meanwhile, some countries have already allowed KV operators without telegraphy exams (e.g. Germany, the Czech Republic and Hungary). From the above, it is clear that it makes no sense to somehow restrict building amateurs without telegraphy exams, moreover, if the proposal includes the fact that telegraphy exams will no longer be conducted. Questions about which it makes sense to have fun at the moment are how to divide classes D and C and the new A and N, and the permitted performances and bands for the new classes.
And an even more important reason why the SZR acted without a prior public debate and if the petition had not started, we will learn about it only when we run out of new conditions in our mailboxes. But what is surprising and few people realized it is another problem, namely the behavior of radio amateurs in Slovakia as a whole. And also the status of radio amateur activities.
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Ferrite filters Animosity between classes is spreading in our country, which does not correspond to hamspirit at all.
- It turned out that someone in the name of SZR is acting "behind the backs" of radio amateurs:
- PACKET network is in decay
- The transfer network is pathetic.
- I recommend also looking at the website www.szr.sk with the conclusions of the convention. There are also a couple of things that should be addressed.
Links to interesting links:
- Description of CEPT-Novice
- Design of exams for CEPT-Novice
- Website www.szr.sk
- Radio amateur magazine (specifically issue 3/2005) dealing with the new conditions for radio amateurs in the Czech Republic.