sceiv

o riented. Spo nsored by factories ,
companies. universities anct schools,
during the last 10 years almost all
clubs managed 10 obtain ladory-buill
equipment. Most of the transceivers
are K8f1wooo TS-830s anct the computers
are App le It compatibles. SO
the main reason that ham ladio activity
Is concentretee in the radio clubs is
that almost all of them are well
equipped co mpared to private stations,
Another reason the ham radio
actMty Is concentrated at the c100s is
that they are mannect by paid station
managers.
LkeMK
In Bulga ria, amaleur radiO acliYiIy
Is governed by the Ministry of Communicat
ions. There are three levels 01
amateur licenses, called respectively
C, a. and A. The licenses lor C level
are Issued by the local radio club. AU
C license holders can operate with up
to 50 wa tts inpu t on 80, 40, and 2
meters and above. The licenses lor B
and A level are issued by the Ministry
0 1 COmmunications. Holders 01 ancenses
may ope rate al bands with up
to 2SO walls while aM A licenses eeeers
may oc that running up to 1 kW in­
M
The examin ations lor all licenses
cover tour main areas : som e
lZIlTUIIARU rules and regulatiOns, radio
theory. cn-tne-ejr operating skills
anct an optional Morse code lest. The
only restriction lor the rc-ccoe jcense
is that holders are not alloWecf to coerale
CWoAfter paSSing !he exarroS anct
getting the eceose. one may apply lor
permission to install a private station
and gel a callsign. There are lots 01
hams who have passed the exams but
are not able 10 build or buy equipment,
so they are allowed 10 operate from
any club slation using the club callsign.
All clUb stations have three-letter
sutlixes against the lwQ-Ieller suffiX of
the prtvate stations. All etauons with
odd nurrbers ill the prefix are located
in the southem part 01 Bulgaria anct
even nurroers are ill the northem part
The only exception are some conlest
callsigns with one leller in the suffiX
only.
One last item lor this Issue: The LZ
OX Contest will be held on the l irst
Sunday in September, Irom 0000 to
2400 UTC. II will be CW only on 3510­
3 560 . 7000 · 7040, 1400 0- 14 060 .
21000-21080, and 28000-28 100 kHz.
Logs should be sent to Central RadiO
Ck.O, PO Box 830, SOfia 1000. Bulgar.
ta. [Further information may be obtainedon
the L.Z DX Ccntest and other
Awards on /he 73 BBS........4nVeJ 73 de
Milen LZ2MP.
ISRAEL
Ron Gang 4XtMK
Kibbutz Urim
D.N. Hanagev 85530
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The Israel Ministry Ci ComrnJnicatioos
has announced the Irc.eptiOn 01 a
new jceose category. Called !he Tech-
nicel Class. there is no Morse requireme'"
An excerpt (freely translated here)
lrom a memorandum Circulated by the
Ministry 01 Cor'nmlJnc:alions clearly explains
why this new license class has
been introduced: "In light 01 the fact
Ihat In the Eu ropean counmee and
even in the United States a new li ­
c ense grade (Technica l Class) has
been implemented, In whiCh there Is no
dem and to be e_a mined In Mors e
(transrrVt1ing and receiving), the representatives
01 the Israet Amateur RadiO
Club (IARC) requested the establishment
01 a similar liCense class in the
State 01 Israel as wel."
The technical examination is the
same as the Grade "B" (General) test,
plus additiOnal questions dea ling with
new technologie s. Thus, instead of
Morse pronclency, the examinee will
have 10 cenoret-ere some knowledge
of digita l comewnrcanons. computer
structure. opereucn and interlacing,
satellite communications, and ofbiting
meenar*=s.
The Technical Class licensee will
have the same pnweges as the Grade
"8" (General) holder on the frequencies
eocve 30 MHz. The urst examina·
tions should be held in April 1992. and
It still remains to be seen what new
callslgn preli_ wlll be assigned to Ihe
"Techs.'
As In other countries, a deba le on
the no-code has gone on both over the
airwaves and on the pages 01 HaGaI,
the magazine 01 the IARC. Mhough
some hams will COfItinue to slrongly
express their opinions on the subject,
the matter has beeo practically settled.
But now those poor souls who claimed'
that Morse was an insurmountable barrier
10 their gaining a ham license neve
no further e_cusel
l ast lime, I reported on the authortzations
or autopatches lor emergency
use only lor contacting scece. firelighters.
anct ambulance seoeee. Now, the
MiniStry has stated that it intends in the
Mure to allow lu. autopatching. but lor
Grade "A- (Advanced-Extra) license
holders alone. You may recaJI that orVy
Grade "A"s are pem1iIlad to use phone
patd1es in their statiOnS.
In me same Circular, the Ministry 01
Communications said that they have
Invited a recresentenve 01 the IARC to
participate in their ceucerancns 10 ceclde
the Israeli position with regard 10
frequency allocalions In !he World Ad·
minlslraliYe RadiO ceseeoce (WARC
92) coming up this year. The Ministry
representatives have stated in the past
thatlhe Israeli delegaliOn to WARe 92
will ad favourably to protect amaleur
ra(jQ interests .
There is talk 01 widening the amateur
allocation on the 6 meter band, which
Is presently here a mere sli ver from
SO.100 10 50.150 MHz, and at present
for the Grade "A"s eore. Policy on this
mailer will be set In deliberations with
the IARC and the governmenl eseneee
that are the primary users at this
part of the spectrum. In the meantime,
6 meier OXers wor1d'wide should keep
an ear open lor 4X11F on the frequeocy
naiad previously. II
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