ARLA/CLUSTER: Amateur Radio in Brazil during 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Foreigner amateur radio operators gained easier access to operate in the
country. Brazilians stations received special call sign formats.

The 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games will be happen in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, from August 05 to
21 (Olympics) and September 7 to 18 (Paralympics). The cities of Belo
Horizonte, Brasília, Manaus, Salvador
and São Paulo will also host the football matches.

It´s the first time in history that same country host an Olympic/Paralympic
Games only two years after a
Football World Cup. It´s expected the presence of 17.000 athletes
representing 200 countries.

Among the visitors, many will be amateur radio operators. LABRE (the
Brazilian national amateur radio
association) asked to Anatel (the Brazilian telecommunication agency) to
facilitate the permission to the
foreigner amateur radio operator transmit in the country during the games,
in the same way happened in 2013
for the Football World Cup

On last April 15; the president of Anatel, Mr. João Batista Resende, signed
the normative Act n. 1085
establishing to the foreigner amateur radio operators who wish to operate
in Brazil from August 01 to
September 30, 2016 must send to LABRE the following documents:
- Copy of a valid passport (identification pages);
- Copy of amateur radio license of his/her country;
- List of cities in which he/she intends to operate and the respective
periods;
- Email address for contact.
- The documents must be scanned and sent to executiva  labre.org.br
- No further requirements or fees were necessarily to obtain the permission.

According the same act and for the same period, Brazilian amateur radio
stations gained the option to transmit with special call sign formed by its
own usual letters, but with double numbers of the prefix, without any
further requirements or fees.

The Amateur Radio rules in Brazil are based on “Resolução 449� (operational
aspects of the service, licensee
process, callsign framework, etc) and “Resolução 452� (covering spectrum
occupation). As many other
countries, Amateur Radio Service in Brazil is divided in 3 classes: A, B
and C.

They have different privileges to access the spectrum, callsign and powers
output. For more information on Amateur Radio Service in Brazil,
visit:
http://www.radioamadores.org/biblio/outros/olymp-article-brazil-v.2.pdf

LABRE is the IARU national member association. It’s located in Brasilia and
on several other State capitals.
Orlando Perez Filho (PT2OP, CEO of LABRE) and Gustavo de Faria Franco
(PT2ADM, president of LABRE´s
council), considered the amateur radio activities during Olympic Games a
new opportunity for the community
increase the number of radio contacts, stimulate WPX types of awards and
promote the international goodwill
on Amateur Radio along with this very special sportive event, following the
good example occurred o past
World Football Cup.

For more information
Get Ready for Rio! IOC website: https://www.olympic.org/rio-2016
Official Rio 2016 website with schedules, tickets, tourist information,
etc: https://www.rio2016.com/en
Anatel major events website: http://tinyurl.com/anatel-events-en
This article is a contribution of the LABRE´s Spectrum Defense and
Management WG.
Website: http://www.radioamadores.org
LABRE – Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Rádio Emissão
SCES TRECHO 4, Lote 1/A, Brasília - DF - Brasil. CEP 70200-150.
Tel: (61) 3223-1157. Website: http://www.labre.org.br
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