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<v Speaker 1>Getting a ham radio license in Venezuela. Who controls this.

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<v Speaker 1>Now might be the time. If you're in Venezuela, now

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<v Speaker 1>might be the time to go out and get your

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<v Speaker 1>amateur radio license because it's not going to be restricted

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<v Speaker 1>for a while and hopefully never again. With all the

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<v Speaker 1>recent news about illegitimate president of Venezuela Maduro and his

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<v Speaker 1>wife being removed from their home, being arrested, being brought

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<v Speaker 1>to the United States by the US military, I thought

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<v Speaker 1>it might be a good idea to look up and

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<v Speaker 1>see what exactly it takes to get an amateur radio

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<v Speaker 1>license in Venezuela. I have worked Venezuela many times on DX,

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<v Speaker 1>and when I was in Costa Rica was easy to

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<v Speaker 1>get Venezuela. But if the ten fifteen meter bands are

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<v Speaker 1>open on PODA, I usually will go to PODA and

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<v Speaker 1>I will work South American stations many times, and I've

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<v Speaker 1>got several Venezuelan contacts in my logbook. You can recognize

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<v Speaker 1>Venezuelan call signs because they start with Yankee Victor or

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes Yankee Yankee, So go out there and look for those.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're in the USA or Canada, North America, looking

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<v Speaker 1>for those rare and let's talk to those folks in

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<v Speaker 1>Venezuela that might be able to turn on their radios

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<v Speaker 1>without fear of arrest for the first time in a while.

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<v Speaker 1>HAM radio amateur radio license in Venezuela is regulated by CONNATEL,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the commission the national telecommunications authority. The Radio

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<v Speaker 1>Club Venezulano, which is referred to as RCV as the

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<v Speaker 1>country's IRU member society, and it assists with exams and

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<v Speaker 1>applications in community support. But the final licenses are issued

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<v Speaker 1>by CONNTEL under Maduro and his regime, and he was

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<v Speaker 1>captured in early January of twenty twenty six. Licensing face challenges,

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<v Speaker 1>bureaucratic delays, political scrutiny due to regime censorship of communications.

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<v Speaker 1>We did a video earlier about him blocking social media

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<v Speaker 1>and blocking the Internet and only allowing news media sources

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<v Speaker 1>come through that he approved of. Okay, So a decentralized

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<v Speaker 1>type of communications like two A radio of any kind

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<v Speaker 1>cbe radio gmrs, which they don't have gmrs down there,

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<v Speaker 1>but they have four hundred and sixty megahertz. So something

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<v Speaker 1>inside the amateur radio spectrum, something adjacent to or next

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<v Speaker 1>to the amateur radio spectrum. Decentralized because you don't need

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<v Speaker 1>any infrastructure to make it work. You can talk radio

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<v Speaker 1>to radio all day long. So political scrutiny due to

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<v Speaker 1>their censorships restrictions amid Internet blackouts and media shutdowns contel

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<v Speaker 1>offered prioritize control over broadcasting in telecom indirectly affect the

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<v Speaker 1>amateur radio. Venezuela is in a transitional phase right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Following Maduro's arrest, an interim government has been sworn in

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<v Speaker 1>asserting independence while the US exerts influence and international debates

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<v Speaker 1>like the UN Council continue. Moduro has pleaded not guilty

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<v Speaker 1>in a US courts. Specific impacts on ham radio licensing

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<v Speaker 1>remain unclear and undeveloped amid the immediate aftermath, but several

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<v Speaker 1>scenarios are possible. I'm just kind of shooting out loud,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of just guessing what. Here's what we can do.

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<v Speaker 1>Take advantage of whatever. You can. Go buy radio, get

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<v Speaker 1>on the radio. If you've been scared to do it,

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<v Speaker 1>go get your license. If you've been restricted from doing that,

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<v Speaker 1>go do it. Now is the time. Take advantage while

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<v Speaker 1>you can. Amateur radio provides long term liberalization, more democratic

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<v Speaker 1>and reform oriented government could streamline licensing, reduce bureaucracy, and

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<v Speaker 1>align closer with international standards that are upheld and supported

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<v Speaker 1>by the IAARU, the International Amateur Radio Union, and also

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<v Speaker 1>the International Telecommunications Union. This might encourage growth in amateur

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<v Speaker 1>radio for emergency communications, education and hobby use, especially after

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<v Speaker 1>years of repression, an increased role for the RCV. The

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<v Speaker 1>Radio Club Venozolano could gain more autonomy or partnership in

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<v Speaker 1>the licensing process. If telecom regulations are reformed, emergency communications

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<v Speaker 1>could become boosted, and HAM radio's role in disasters and

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<v Speaker 1>off grid networks might expand, potentially leading to supportive policies,

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<v Speaker 1>fastered licensing and volunteers. More people volunteering in the amateur

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<v Speaker 1>radio exam process. We have voluntary exam coordinators here in

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<v Speaker 1>the USA, and it might lead to more people being

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<v Speaker 1>volunteering in that country in Venezuela and getting on the air,

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<v Speaker 1>getting more people licensed, getting more people interested in getting

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<v Speaker 1>on the air. That way, if such a thing should

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<v Speaker 1>ever happen in or we don't know where the government's

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<v Speaker 1>going to go right now. If you've got more people

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<v Speaker 1>licensed and more people on the air, more people that

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<v Speaker 1>own radios, you're going to increase the chances of communication

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<v Speaker 1>being sent out from various places. Now, as I do

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<v Speaker 1>if there's a ham radio store in Venezuela. I kind

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<v Speaker 1>radio station at home, set up your radio station in

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<v Speaker 1>your vehicle, set it up, do some portable operation, bugging out,

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to read more about RCV and see what

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<v Speaker 1>kind of actions they're taking, but there's been no public

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<v Speaker 1>reports yet about anything they're doing. No direct changes to RCV,

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<v Speaker 1>no direct changes to amateur radio licensing, no direct changes

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<v Speaker 1>to the amateur radio effort inside the country of Venezuela.

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<v Speaker 1>At this time, I want to monitor updates from the RCV,

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<v Speaker 1>from the IARU, the new government that's put themselves in play,

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<v Speaker 1>that has asserted independence. It was put in the news

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<v Speaker 1>story that I read. So if you're in Venezuela or

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<v Speaker 1>planning operations there, check with local hams via international networks

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<v Speaker 1>or on the ground inside. So most HAM radio operators

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<v Speaker 1>are famous for forming clubs. We have a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>clubs here in the USA. I know, there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of clubs in Europe. There's a lot of clubs in Canada,

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<v Speaker 1>there's clubs in Australia. I assume that there's probably some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of HAM radio club, or maybe there used to

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<v Speaker 1>be a HAM radio club in Venezuela and they kind

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<v Speaker 1>of got squelched and disbanded during this whole Maduro regime.

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<v Speaker 1>Now's the time to go form an amateur radio club.

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<v Speaker 1>Get with some other fellow amateur radio operators. Form a club,

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<v Speaker 1>put it together, contact the RCV, get affiliated with them,

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<v Speaker 1>work together to get amateur radio up and going more often,

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<v Speaker 1>more consistently, more regularly inside the country of Venezuela. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>glad you guys have some breathing room down there now.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're in Venezuela, I hope everything works out well.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope this is a good move for you. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're in Venezuela, I really would love to hear from you.

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<v Speaker 1>Put a comet in this video below, let me know

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<v Speaker 1>how things are down there. If you're outside of Venezuela,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're in the USA. Most of the viewers on

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<v Speaker 1>this channel are in the USA or maybe Canada. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>listen for those Yankee Victor or Yankee Yankee stations. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're out on PODA, if you see an opening on

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<v Speaker 1>the ten, you can get DX on twenty meters. My

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<v Speaker 1>personal experience is that DX is more common and easier

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<v Speaker 1>on ten and fifteen and seventeen meters. Okay, but if

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<v Speaker 1>you're on twenty meters, listen for those Yankee Yankee and

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<v Speaker 1>Yankee Victor calls. Go out there and make a special

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<v Speaker 1>effort to contact those guys. Get them in your log book,

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<v Speaker 1>chat with him about how things are going, and wish

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<v Speaker 1>them well. Seventy three guys, thank you for watching today.

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<v Speaker 1>Check out the videos over here, which is what you

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<v Speaker 1>two thinks you want to watch next, we'll catch you

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<v Speaker 1>next time,