withoutego
11/17/2016 06:53 EST
Anyone in the Loja area interested in taking the test for an Ecuadorian Amateur Radio license PM me.
There will be (tentative plan) a five day course the first week of December. On five successive days, 6pm to 8pm at the LRC (Loja Radio Club) the knowledge needed for the subsequent test will be covered.
The LRC is near the bus terminal, up above the Sandi Chicken Restaurant.
The club station is impressive. LRC operates several 2 Meter repeaters linking Vilcabamba to Loja.
The test is, with minor exception, based on the US test question pool. The questions and answers, 300 pair I believe, will be provided. Naturally this is all in Spanish.
There is no slam dunk on this. No shortcut. Like many other things expat residents have accomplished in their home country they will need to repeat the process here in Ecuador.
I ask at the informational meeting last night if I could bypass the "Technician" class since I am an Extra class in the states, KC1CCG. Maybe I can, but I don't know for sure yet.
Radio Amateurs were the first experimenters on the air after Marconi and others, as early as 1900. Long before the term Electronics was coined they were building equipment and sending spark signals across town. Now after a full century there are maybe three quarters of a million engaged in the hobby around the world. I've been licensed since age twelve.
This club emphasizes fraternity and community. With patience this is a path toward making new friends in our adopted country. I expect it will also be intense immersion in Spanish for me....a good thing. Imagine communicating in Morse code in Spanish - that gets the brain firing on all cylinders.
sinego
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cristos7
11/22/2016 15:32 EST
Hola Sin,
Glad to hear you are back in ECU and actively pursuing your interests. I intend to have a Baofeng handheld with ham capabilities, and while I once (as a child/teen) dreamed of doing the Ham thing, will only use it for monitoring/emergency purposes. I note all the dire warning and consequences of unregulated use, but how can that be enforced, particularly in Ecuador?? I hope you enjoy your courses, C7
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withoutego
11/23/2016 10:51 EST
Because I will drop a dime on you. I'm old school. Take the legal path, please.
sinego KC1CCG
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OceanHideaway
11/23/2016 14:28 EST
Had communications online through FaceBook with the Quito Club
Good group of Hams... and very by the book
WOuld not countenance short cuts a guy in the Ecuador Emergency group was whining about wanting to take and bad mouthing them about.
I personally see no reason to take the short cuts and that everyone needs to prove their bona fides.
Specifically with Ham.
They were instrumental after the Quake.
If I had the funds to be involved I would.
Susan
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withoutego
11/23/2016 21:41 EST
Susan
The impetus for the club to organize this is that there are many Loja city and provincial workers who get comp time for going to the classes.
So I guess this government has gotten the message that the quake response was aided by the various ham radios.
C7....sorry I miss read your post. You said you would NOT transmit W/O the call sign.
Several times I've been on the air and somebody ID's them selves as W seven Mumble mumble mumble. I say please repeat. They come back with W seven Mpph mpph pfft. I know its not my ears or antenna. You can't operate like that. Bite the bullet and take the straight and narrow.
You can't join the Masons and become a Mason by tunneling into their building during a meeting. Same thing.
What funds? the equipment?
sinego
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cristos7
11/23/2016 22:23 EST
Geez Sin, must a been rough on your ego, as an experienced operater with all that equipment, not being able to even monitor - much less participate in - Ecuador's thriving Ham scene for the past seven years... I will certainly keep your words in mind.
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