Re: Decoding SSTV from ISS
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:11 pm
Yes, reluctantly I agree, they'll never recover their costs, so I perfectly understand. It is my own fault, no-one else's. If I were in the UK I could re-sit the exam and get a fresh ticket, but first see if there's any reciprocal arrangement for Thailand with the UK. (Later, there is).
Up until recent times I've been complaining that there was only CW, SSB, FM and AM allowed here on all bands, and that was it! No SSTV, no ATV, no packet radio, no digital modes, nothing at all outside those four modes.
The 'powers that be' seem to have been given a bit of a shake up. I downloaded a new band-plan for Thailand and it seems some/most of those other 'specialist' modes to some degree are now possible. More investigation required.
Aside from trying to reinstate my UK license I could see if it's possible for me to obtain a Thai license, HSxxx or whatever it is now. Previously it was only a reciprocal arrangement, you HAD to have a valid, current license from your home country. That may be different now. Again, more investigation...that includes going along to a RAST meeting as part of that process when COVID allows them to resume.
But the requirement that the transmitter/receiver must be commercially made and tested once a year is still in place. It still makes me think, "Why bother?"
Steve A.
Up until recent times I've been complaining that there was only CW, SSB, FM and AM allowed here on all bands, and that was it! No SSTV, no ATV, no packet radio, no digital modes, nothing at all outside those four modes.
The 'powers that be' seem to have been given a bit of a shake up. I downloaded a new band-plan for Thailand and it seems some/most of those other 'specialist' modes to some degree are now possible. More investigation required.
Aside from trying to reinstate my UK license I could see if it's possible for me to obtain a Thai license, HSxxx or whatever it is now. Previously it was only a reciprocal arrangement, you HAD to have a valid, current license from your home country. That may be different now. Again, more investigation...that includes going along to a RAST meeting as part of that process when COVID allows them to resume.
But the requirement that the transmitter/receiver must be commercially made and tested once a year is still in place. It still makes me think, "Why bother?"
Steve A.