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NO9E

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VU license
« on: March 09, 2023, 07:00:23 AM »

Does anybody have any experience securing the Indian license? If granted, what is the callsign? Indian or VU/ own callsign?

Ignacy NO9E
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W1VT

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Re: VU license
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2023, 07:07:44 AM »

https://arsi.info/foreign-national-operating-in-india/

India does not have any reciprocal arrangements with any country whereby the holder of an amateur radio licence issued by another country can operate in India temporarily on his own licence.

However India’s regulator – The Wireless Planning and Co-ordination Wing (WPC) of the Ministry of Tele-communications & IT does issue an Indian licence based on an application made by a foreign national who is going to be resident in India for any length of time.

A licence is issued only after clearances given by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs.
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KC0W

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Re: VU license
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2023, 05:59:20 PM »

A licence is issued only after clearances given by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs.

 Pay particular attention to the statement above.

 I applied for a license to operate from Guiana a few years ago.  I had to go thru a background check conducted by the Guyanese military. After EIGHT MONTHS of researching my background (allegedly) I was finally given the approval to be "licensed upon arrival". So I fly to Guyana & immediately go to the Ministry of Telecommunications in Georgetown to pickup my operating license.

 Bureaucrat: "Sorry, you background check is not finished yet".
 Me: "OK, I'll wait here until it's completed".
 Bureaucrat: "Sorry sir, this will probably take another three or four months to complete".
 Me: "I was given approval to be licensed by your military background investigators". "Look, here's the email".
 Bureaucrat: "The military background investigators differ from the Ministry of Telecommunications".
 Me: "C'mon, I traveled all the way here from North Dakota and was told via email my background check was complete".
 Bureaucrat: "I will inform the Minister and you can speak with her after lunch".

 So I wait & I wait in their dingy office while sitting in the worlds most uncomfortable teak chair...........Long story short, the Minister was absolutely worthless and I headed back to North Dakota two loooong weeks later.

  So during my loooooong two weeks of doing nothing I decided to transmit ONE (and only one) transmission of WSPR while running 1 Watt on 40 meters. Was this an unlicensed transmission? Yes it was, so shoot me. I wasn't going to use my callsign so I used the entirely made up callsign of PY1SWL in Brazil. Before I did this I made sure there was no real PY1SWL. Below is the screen grab of that single 1 Watt 40 meter transmission............Wow, talk about "what could have been". I brought along my 500 Watt amplifier & some great antennas unfortunately it was all for nothing.

  



 Looks like I'm now ready to be sentenced to 5 years in Ham Jail.   :)       

 
                                                               Tom KH0/KC0W               
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NO9E

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Re: VU license
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2023, 07:35:29 PM »

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Bureaucrat: "The military background investigators differ from the Ministry of Telecommunications".

Was he looking for a bribe? Many local arrangements are usually best arranged by a local person.

I sent my application to WPC: 5 copies of 2 documents a longtime ago.

Ignacy
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Re: VU license
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2023, 07:44:08 PM »

When the length of red tape is longer than the length of the coax connecting the transmitter to the antenna...signal leaves the  antenna first.
Simple physics
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N0UN

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Re: VU license
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2023, 10:07:23 PM »

Looks like I'm now ready to be sentenced to 5 years in Ham Jail.   :)       

 
                                                               Tom KH0/KC0W             

That 1 watt action right there qualifies for Grand Poobah, Loyal Order Of The Water Buffaloes!

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K4HB

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Re: VU license
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2023, 07:07:42 AM »

I applied for a license to operate from Guiana a few years ago.  I had to go thru a background check conducted by the Guyanese military. <snip>       

Perhaps you have a bad taste in your mouth about your experience in Guyana, and will never go back. But if you do consider it one day, here's some visitors I worked who may have some advise. All the other 8Rs I worked were locals.
8R1RPN (EA4BQ) 2002/2005
8R1DB (N3DB) 2009
8R1/AG6UT 2017

Any old timers may remember WB6MID/8R3. This was before I was active on the air. If you worked him and don't have a QSL, here's the log book... https://www.k4hb.com/JonestownLogBook.pdf This was before computer logging, and it's a pain to go through. I spotted some ops I know. If you're in the log, it's too late to send for a card, the op drank the Kool-Aid with the others in 1978.


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K0UA

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Re: VU license
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2023, 07:46:35 AM »

Actually Kool-Aid got a bad rap on that deal. It was not Kool-Aid at all. It was a cheaper and lesser known brand called Flavor-Aid. But it was not well known in North America so everyone just called it Kool-Aid and the term "he drank the Kool-Aid" has been with us every since.

Yeah I worked the "peoples temple" station several times before the downfall when I was a youngling. With my trusty FT101 and a longwire at about 25 feet and a homebrew tuner. I don't have a QSL card, as I never collected them or cared about them.
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