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Effective immediately, there is a new procedure for applying for and renewing amateur radio licenses (V3) in Belize.

When an application is submitted on the online platform, an application fee will applied at that time but the license fee will be applied at the end of the year.

Here you will find a link to a procedure PDF  from the PUC.

Link to the OnlineSystem https://puc.spectrum.center

The option to select should be “Request Access: Other Applications”.
It is in this option that Import Permits, and other license modules reside.

From now on, it is also possible to make reception reports online for the new beacons from BARC.
A form is available for this purpose at https://barc.bz/beacon-report/.

The new Amateur Radio Framework for Belize will be published shortly. PUC has worked closely with BARC since the first draft in 2022 on the design and formulation. The feedback from BARC was essentially taken into account. The most recent changes were the frequency usage for the two license classes in Belize, and we hope that our recommendations will be followed.

Joseph Terry, V31XE, as BARC’s beacon representative, has started operating a 10 meter beacon on the frequency 28.258 MHz with the call sign V31HQ/B in coordination with the international organizations.
Reception confirmations can be sent to beacon @ barc.bz.
The next step will be the launch of a 6 meter beacon.

From PUC:
Our go to Radio & Frequency guy, a very important part of the team AND recently presented with an Integrity Award by his peers. Help us celebrate Andrew as he completes 15 years with us.
Thank you and Congrats Andrew!
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Andrew Robateau – Specialist, Telecommunications
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Special Focus: Communications & Electronics

Belize City

October 22, 2017

Members of the Belize Amateur Radio Club (BARC) have participated in JOTA/JOTI 2017 alongside a group of scouts eager to communicate over the air on the ham bands.

JOTA/JOTI means Jamboree Over the Air/Jamboree Over the Internet. It is an annual event held on the third weekend of October and is seen as one of the largest scouting activity of the year. During the event, scouts from all over the globe gather in their respective troops to communicate with other scouts using radio and the internet. The communication exchanges during the two-day event helps to promote peace and understanding among mankind.

The venue for this year’s activity was the Scouts Association Headquarters in Belize City. There, BARC participants assisted by providing ham radio equipment and communications know-how to the young scouts. Successful over-the-air ham radio contacts were made with various countries in the region including: Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and the USA.

BARC members also provided digital support to the technologically inclined scouts by introducing them to Echolink. Echolink is an internet communications tool that allows registered ham radio operators to communicate with each other via voice and chat.

At the end of the event, administrative officers of Scouts Belize and members of the Belize Amateur Radio Club agreed that there is plenty of room for ham radio development and cooperation between the two institutions.

Specific areas of cooperation discussed included training for scouts who can serve Belize as emergency communicators if there is a collapse of the normal communications infrastructure; as recent events in the Caribbean have demonstrated.

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