Turkey gouvernement revokes 3213 ham radio licenses (Spellius Wrongus Copy/Paste)

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[Celerity]

It has been confirmed by Supreme Council of radio and television of Turkey (RTUK) the news that Mr. Erdogan – the president of Turkey has revoked 3213 national ham radio licenses. The HF radio in Turkey is now silent. No transmissions are allowed.

Following the coup d’etat – of July 5th – many things are changing in Turkey. TV , Radio licenses have been cancelled and this involved also our colleagues : ham radio amateurs. The number of amateur radio operators in Turkey is not too much, but according to the site TRAC.org it looks like that around 3000 licenses have been revoked. Who’s transmitting outside turkey without licence should be considered a pirate – said Mr Erdogan.

The Supreme Council of radio and television of Turkey (RTUK) has cancelled the licenses of over 20 radio and television broadcasters as well ham radio operators.

The Telsiz ve Radyo Amatörleri Cemiyeti (TRAC) is the national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in turkey. The TRAC was founded in 1962 as the Türkiye Radyo Amatörleri Cemiyeti, adopting its current name in 1980. It’s located in Istanbul, with branches in 44 locations across Turkey. TRAC is the national member society representing Turkey in the IARU. Now, it has been closed down.

We look forward to have news from Turkey ham radio league.

[Charles Martel]

More discussion.

It looks like some broadcast licenses were pulled, but it's not clear that amateur/HAM licenses were included.

[Texas Fossil]

I have an Extra too. And hold a GROL License.

I have UHF & VHF rigs and HTs, but really prefer HF. Have not been that active because of caring for sick family members for over 10 years. Electronic workshop and bench is a mess. Have lots of test equipment but am currently distracted again remodeling 70 year old home at the farm. That is where my shack is and all our workshops.

When I get settled in there, I plan on taking it serious again. Nearest neighbor is 1/2 mile away, so interference will not be an issue.

[Myrddin]

I had a First Class Radiotelephone license with Ship's RADAR endorsement starting in 1976. That was morphed to the GROL designation. I used the license actively at Marine Electric Company in San Diego from 1977 to 1980. My customer base was 140 seiners, crab boats, work boats (tugs), seaweed harvesters, sport fishing boats, freighters and a few USN vessels with Magnavox SatNav onboard. About 30 base stations as well that belonged to the holding companies for the boats (Bumblebee, Chicken of the Sea), cargo port offices. Frequent work in the ship yards to refurbish the radios while other maintenance occurred. Not a bad lifestyle for a while. Pretty high risk cruising up masts on boats, ships and tall office buildings. I stopped before I had a fatal oops.

[Texas Fossil]

I never tried for the Radar endorsement, had no need for it. But for that matter, I had no need for the GROL.

I understand about the climbing thing. I still carry a climbing belt in my pickup. Seldom use it any more. I’m 68 but am still able to do most of that stuff. We have an elevator leg that I service when necessary. It has a ladder and safety ring at top, but I always belt off when changing belts or motors.

My Ham buddies used me a lot for installations. I spent 2 weekends on a broadcast tower where the local Hams had a repeater. The tower was 1550 feet tall. Our receive antenna was at 1350 ft. We replaced the 7/8” heliax between the 650 foot platform and the 1350 foot mount for the antenna. That system has been moved. An ice storm almost brought down the tower a number of years ago and the TV station pulled all the non essential feedline. Not sure where the Hams moved their repeater to, I’m no longer living in OKC.

[Myrddin]

That’s quite a tower. My two most unsettling antenna jobs included a 40 ft antenna perched on the roof of a 5 story building in downtown San Diego and dangling in a basket suspended from a crane to replace a cubical quad at the Daley Corporation. The quad was on a rotor at 150 ft. One of the spreaders snapped from a wind gust. I lashed the boom to my masket before removing the U bolts. The crane operator was very good. He had worked some photo shoots on the set of “The Incredible Hulk”. It was almost like a hot air balloon ride. I’ll pass on scaling 1000+ ft towers.

[Texas Fossil]

I failed to state that the tower had an elevator of sort inside the structure. Chief engineer rode on top and 2 in bucket. But once at 650 ft level and 1350 ft level we worked up and down lashing the heliax. I did not scale the entire tower height. We practiced good safety as far as belting off.

We used the elevator with rope through pulley at top to pull the cable to the top. Had a great ground crew too. No injuries, but 2 weekends of hard work. Was a memorable experience. I even have photo’s from the tower. Incredible view.