The author article writes "On the 18th of March, I and six other frequenters successfully passed the exams at TÚ SR. The next day, I already sent a request for the assignment of a call sign. TÚ SR has 30 days to do this. If we count two days for the delivery of the letter to BA and two back, plus some delay due to holidays, the date of delivery is April 24 at the latest. Today is May 2 (8 days after the expected deadline) and the concession is nowhere - and the others are in the same situation... In short - an ordinary person must meet all the deadlines set by the authority - the authority apparently does not."
According to the law, the Slovak Telecommunications Office has 30, respectively 60 days to issue a decision on granting a permit, i.e. the office did not violate the legal deadline. The Office, as far as possible, tries to accommodate the applicant and therefore issues permits much earlier than the set deadline. We are sorry that the author of the article did not have a permit issued at the time of the race. Unfortunately, however, there was a technical problem that was not the fault of the office. The office is trying to take measures that will reduce the likelihood of technical problems.
The employee of the office, which is the only one that issues radio amateur permits, is also the head of the department that issues permits for aircraft, ships, fixed and mobile service and provides all types of tests of special professional competence. Despite this, this employee often issues amateur radio permits on hold. We therefore believe that this is a rare case of negative perception of the office's work by radio amateurs.
In Bratislava on May 7, 2003.
Roman Vavro, spokesman of the Slovak Technical University
Tel.: 02/57 88 15 52
e-mail: roman.vavro@teleoff.gov.sk