ARLA/CLUSTER: A IARU Região 1 relata como um clube da Noruega superou as restrições do Coronavírus para realizar um exame a radioamadores

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Amateur Radio Exams 'Al-fresco'

IARU Region 1 reports on how a club overcame the Coronavirus restrictions
to hold an amateur radio exam in a country where online exams aren't
available

On the IARU-R1 site* Don G3BJ* writes:

The local radio amateur club LA3F, south of Oslo, had just completed its
annual course for would-be radio-amateurs. The latest 3 participants were
just ready for their exam when the corona virus struck. We can all imagine
their frustration when Norway started to shut down activities and meetings
for an indefinite period.

A normal exam was not possible due to the strict rules of physical distance
and limitations on the number of people who could meet. At that time Norway
had strict rules of not more than 5 people together, minimum 2m physical
distance and frequent hand wash.

So in order to get these 3 new amateurs on board, LA2RR, Ole, agreed with
the Norwegian regulator to hold an outdoor exam where all these guidelines
were obeyed. Armed with all the necessary paperwork and with Antibac for
hand disinfection, he meet with the three candidates in the forest outside
the local scout cottage. Here, in the open air, there are tables a minimum
of 5 m apart, so with just the four of them, it was “corona safe� to hold
the written exam.

Although early spring in Norway, the temperature was around 10 degrees
Celsius and everybody had dressed warmly so that the temperature out in the
forest could not be used as an excuse should any of them fail. Ole is happy
to report that all 3 candidates passed and we can all welcome LA5EUA, LB8QI
and LB8RI to the world of amateur radio.

Source IARU Region 1
https://www.iaru-r1.org/2020/exams-al-fresco/

Norway only has one class of license and that permits 1 kW output. To get
it candidates must pass a HAREC equivalent exam paper with 40 questions.

An Excel spreadsheet of the 7,004 Norwegian radio amateurs as at April 28,
2020 can be downloaded from the site of the regulator NKOM *click here
<https://www.nkom.no/frekvenser-og-elektronisk-utstyr/radioamator/_/attachment/download/2cb8f27b-78f1-459b-864a-9447f44b4d88:ca593a013b05270388f0bbe889450cdce59579f0/Liste%20over%20norske%20radioamat%C3%B8rer%20(Excel).xlsx>*
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