Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (C)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Apr 07 2022 21:08:58

BREAK HERE: 

Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio 
Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the 
East Coast Reflector on Sundays at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, where 
more than 240 repeaters and simplex nodes rebroadcast our newscast.

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SUMMITS ON THE AIR BEGINS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

JIM/ANCHOR: This is an exciting year for amateurs who are active in the 
Summits on the Air awards scheme. We hear what's going on from Ed 
Durrant, DD5LP.

ED: Just as hams in the Summits on the Air award scheme rise through the 
tier of awards to increase their standing, so too has the awards scheme 
scaled new heights. For the past month, SOTA has been marking its 20th 
anniversary in England and Wales, the birthplaces of the programme, 
which now has more than 24,000 participants on all the major continents. 
During April, SOTA management team member Tom Read, M1EYP, will be 
operating special event station GB20SOTA from the summit of "The Cloud", 
which is designated as G/SP-015 in the SOTA award scheme. Additional 
special event calls will be on the air throughout this year as hams in 
Northern Ireland, Scotland and the United States mark the occasion. The 
celebration kicked off last month with summit activations by GW association 
manager Roger Dallimore, MW0IDX, under the GB2OTA call sign in Wales. Free 
commemorative certificates will be available.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

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LICENSE DELAYS TEST PATIENCE OF BRAZIL'S RADIO APPLICANTS

JIM/ANCHOR: Impatient over ongoing delays, applicants for Brazil's 
amateur radio license are applying even more pressure on officials. 
Jeremy Boot, G4NJH, brings us that update.

JEREMY: In Brazil, the long wait has become even longer as applicants 
waiting for their radio amateur licence report that at least six months 
have passed in some cases and they are growing impatient.

Brazil's national amateur radio society has asked ANATEL, the nation's 
regulator, to act promptly and resolve the delays for the waiting 
candidates. The group is asking the regulator to modernise its computer 
system and standardise processes across all of the Brazilian states. The 
amateur organisation, known as Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Rádio 
Emissão (LABRE), believes the system incompatibility has resulted in 
long wait times that have discouraged candidates from seeking licences.

The Brazilian amateurs' latest plea comes in the form of a petition, 
following unsuccessful attempts at progress during meetings held in 
person as well as remotely between LABRE and ANATEL.

The petition can be seen at the website that appears in the text version 
of this week's newscast. It is in Portuguese with a Google translation 
to English available.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.

[FOR PRINT ONLY, DO NOT READ: 

https://www.change.org/p/radioamadores-unidos-exigem-celeridade-e-
moderniza%C3%A7%C3%A3o-dos-sistemas-da-anatel ]

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