[OKDXA] License Question

[NE5SD - Steve Duskin]

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Jerry Chouinard via OKDXA <
okdxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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-- 
73

-Steve.
NE5SD