ARLA/CLUSTER: Formada nova associação nacional de radioamadores no Belize

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

New Belize national ham radio society

The IARU recently realised the reason it hadn't heard from its member
Society in Belize for 23 years was because the Society no longer existed

The Wireless Institute of Australia reports a new Belize Society has been
formed to represent radio amateur in the country which was known as British
Honduras from 1862-1973.

The WIA News story says:
Last week John VK4JJW brought you the story how the IARU had not heard from
Belize in over 20 years, further now as you will hear in this story filed
by our editor Graham VK4BB for Amateur Radio Newsline this week.

Where on earth is the Belize Amateur Radio Club? Well, if you know your
geography, you might answer "Central America, or old timers may remember
British Honduras. But if you ask the International Amateur Radio Union,
you'd be told it is nowhere -- it has gone missing for the last 23 years.

In fact, that's what the IARU formally stated in a late May news release,
reporting that a longtime lack of IARU activity from the club could only be
interpreted as its death knell.

But visit the website at barc.bz  and you'll find a different story.  A
statement there - along with a link to the club's Facebook page - states
that the Belize group is far from dead. In fact, a news item posted on the
website on May 21 reports that the club was recently certified as an NGO, a
non-governmental organization.

So what's happening? By all reports, it seems the club has been
resurrected. A June 2 posting on its Facebook page declares QUOTE "We are
the new BARC.. there was an old BARC that ceased to exist some time ago."
The statement goes on to say that the new club has actually submitted a
formal application to represent Belize with the IARU in Region 2.

That, it turns out, is just what the IARU is looking for.

Meanwhile, the club seems very much full of activity and life. A May 29
posting on its Facebook page even shares an announcement of a meeting
members held in April - and photos of the group's field trips in May,
including one to the village of Blackman Eddy. It seems that in Belize,
where there's life, there's hope. And ham radio. Belize it or not!

Belize Amateur Radio Club
http://barc.bz/
https://www.facebook.com/barc.bz/

Belize Amateur Radio Club no longer exists
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/june/belize-amateur-radio-club-no-longer-exists.htm
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