ARLA/CLUSTER: IARU Região 1 relaliza um "workshop" sobre regulação do espectro no Sudão do Sul

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Terça-Feira, 19 de Novembro de 2013 - 13:08:31 WET


Radio Spectrum/Regulatory Workshop South Sudan

Hans Timmerman PB2T reports for IARU Region 1 on the Radio
Spectrum/Regulatory Workshop held with the South Sudan administration

On November 15, IARU Region 1 organised a Radio Spectrum/Regulatory
Workshop with the aim to assist the South Sudanese administration with
the implementation of amateur radio.

The workshop was part of a goodwill project in cooperation with Radio
Arcala, DX University, the YASME Foundation, Rock City Investments Co,
Yaesu Musen Co. Ltd of Japan and the European DX Foundation.
The workshop took place on the compound of the European Union in Juba
the capital of South Sudan. Most of the 21 participants work for the
South Sudanese Radio Communications Agency, others came from the
Ministry of  Interior.

South Sudan became an independent country in 2011. Currently amateur
Radio is allowed on a provisional basis. There are two resident
foreign amateurs who received full amateur privileges. Since 2011 only
one DX-pedition was active from South Sudan. The license fee of USD
100 is something that a foreign amateur can afford. However for a
national of a country with a GDP per capitata of around USD 1000 it is
an excessive amount.

Import of amateur radio equipment is complicated but possible with the
permission of the Ministry of Telecommunications & Postal Services.

The objectives of this workshop were

    to train regulators on the administration on the amateur service
and amateur-satellite service;
    to assist the administration on creation of amateur-radio
regulations and the related national frequency allocation table;
    to discuss the amateur radio’s benefits for the society;
    to evaluate the prospects of establishing the amateur radio
service for South Sudanese nationals;

Our program included the following subjects:

    Organisation of ITU;
    ITU Radio Regulations articles 1.56, 1.57, 5, 19 and 25;
    organisation of IARU;
    introduction to Amateur Radio Activities;
    how society can benefit from Amateur Radio, with relevant
education and emergency communications;
    National Frequency Allocation Table – introduction of amateur spectrum;
    National Amateur Legislation.

Are we done?

The introduction of amateur radio in a new country can not be
completed in a one day workshop. The country has so many more
important things to take care of that introduction of amateur radio to
South Sudanese nationals will only be successful with the consistent
help of  the international amateur community. The next step (to be
taken this week) is to explore cooperation with the University of Juba
in order to set up a training program for the first generation of
South Sudanese radio amateurs.

Did we operate?

On Saturday I had the privilege to spend about four hours behind a
radio in Z81D’s shack in Rock City, close to Juba. While the rest of
our team was busy setting up low band verticals and beverages I made
some 650 QSO’s on 12 and 10 meters in SSB. The rest of the team will
stay in South Sudan until the end of November focussing on low bands.
By the time I got home on Monday morning the team had already 5000
QSO’s in the log with 2000 on 160 and 80 meters

IARU Region 1
http://www.iaru-r1.org/



Please see also:
Z81X Juba, South Sudan



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