The Dept. of Electronic Communications of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works has announced that the next examination for obtaining the Radio Amateur Service Operator Certificate will be held on Wednesday 19 February 2020, from 12:00 till 14:00, at the Audit Office, (6 Deligiorgi Street, 1406 Nicosia).
All those interested must send their application by Monday, 3 February 2020, including the relevant exam participation fee (based on the Radiocommunications Law of 2004 and 2012), which amounts to €30,00 EUR. Applications forms are available below, or from the DEC website. Continue reading
The Cyprus Amateur Radio Society
During December the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is organizing the annual “Youngsters On The Air” (YOTA) event. The purpose of the event is to promote amateur radio to young persons, up to the age of 25 years old, encouraging them to operate and experiment on the ham bands with the help and guidance of licensed radio amateurs.
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During the entire month of December several youngsters will become active with YOTA as suffix in the callsign. The idea for this is to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham radio waves.
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 1 November 2019 – Week 1 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference saw agreement reached on several issues on which discussions prior to the conference had revealed consensus. Those were the easy ones; the rest will be more difficult.
