LABRE met again with ANATEL on 2nd July 2021, to discuss issues related to online amateur radio exams

The numbers collected by LABRE through the Online Survey were presented regarding the demand for tests at the national level, organized by state and by intended class. ANATEL will, based on these numbers, carry out actions to try to reduce the deficit of exams.

LABRE suggested that a previous registry be created to facilitate access by interested parties and better organize the supply and demand for vacancies, so that each person would register in this registry and ANATEL would direct the vacancies offered to those registered, in a chronological manner, since today there is no accessible way of consulting or registering to fill these vacancies, and interested parties must make numerous attempts by accessing the SEC system and manually querying state by state.

ANATEL accepted LABRE's suggestions and will carry out internal consultations for the possible creation of this previous registry, possibly as early as August, within its operational conditions. LABRE offered to provide any assistance in this regard, since in the survey we have contacted by email hundreds of people interested in taking the exams. LABRE again presented to ANATEL the issue of the difficulty in the post-test, specifically for carrying out station licensing, which has proved to be the main problem for candidates, especially for the entry of new radio amateurs into our Service.

A new meeting to continue discussions on the topic is scheduled to take place in the coming weeks. LABRE will continue to cooperate with ANATEL to facilitate access to amateur radio and thus promote its growth throughout the national territory, as it has always done throughout its more than 87 years of existence.

Source LABRE - https://tinyurl.com/IARU-Brazil