[OKDXA] License Question

[Jerry Chouinard]

Thanks Steve, interesting. Perhaps a Skype session. Would seem to make sense. It is a different sort of thing being he is in PY. 

He has to be a citizen of PY to get a PY license so not an option. He is fluent in Portuguese and gets along fine in PY land having a small farm in NW Brazil for some 13 years now. His interest in radio was rejuvenated when he was back here for a visit and saw my mobile. Years ago he used to sit on a wooden box listening to me operate CW. 

I've pointed him to various sites, mainly ARRL.org for study help and I'll send him a few things to help. He insists on CW ops so will learn the code even though not needed.

Thanks, Jerry K5YAA

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> On Sep 28, 2016, at 8:43 PM, Steve Duskin <sduskin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello, Jerry.
> 
> I am a Volunteer Examiner.  On 06/10/2014 the ARRL and the FCC changes the rules to make
> remote testing allowed.  However (and this is a big however) they didn't define or list
> what was allowable.  The ARRL had previously approved remote testing for Alaska but that
> was via a video conference link between the VEC, the VEs, and the people taking the
> test.
> 
> Bottom line, it is do-able, but I don't know how we would do it with someone in Brazil.
> 
> 73
> 
> -Steve.
> NE5SD
> OKDXA President 2015-2016
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OKDXA [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gerald.J. Chouinard
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 12:53 PM
> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [OKDXA] License Question
> 
> A friend in Brazil who is an American citizen desires to get his ham ticket. An OT like
> myself he rarely comes to the states but would like to get an American license so he
> then can be allowed to operate in Brazil. I suppose after getting a license there based
> on his US license.
> 
> I took a look around the ARRL site but didn't find (quickly) any info on how he might be
> tested "remotely" for say at least a General class license.
> I can provide him with necessary study materials and he also wants to capture the magic
> of the Morse so he will study on that too although no longer needed. In High School he
> regularly would sit on a wooden crate and watch me operate and says he wishes he had
> gotten a ticket many years ago.
> 
> Any help or direction will be appreciated.
> 
> 73 - Jerry K5YAA
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