AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY OF KENYA
POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 45681, Nairobi - 00100, KENYA

 

 

WELCOME TO KENYA AND THE ARSK WEBSITE.
IN KISWAHILI WE SAY "KARIBU", OR IN THE
PLURAL "KARIBUNI!"
WE HOPE THIS INFORMATION
WILL BE OF USE TO EVERYONE
INTERESTED IN KENYA - 5Z4 LAND.

 

Index

Important Addresses
Club Activities
Licensing Information
General Information

ARSK Callbook

Awards

Updated 10th NOVEMBER, 2009


ARSK NEWS

          Bishop Bill. 5Z4BS, is working on a project to link our two meter repeater 5Z4NBI to the Internet using IRLP.  

          The next Shack Meeting will be on 5th December and the AGM on 16th January, subject to any necessary change.   

          Steve Kemp, 5Z4LA, has most generously donated a rotator and rotator for use by the Shack station 5Z4RS.  We are most grateful as lack of a rotator inhibited full use of the beam. It is functioning well. 

         The CCK Amateur License application form RF2 has been modified with effect from 24th April and now comprises only three pages rather than five, making it easier to download from the Internet.   Hopefully it is also easier to understand.   If the new issue is not available from the CCK website it can be sent by e-mail from ARSK. 

        Applicants sending US Dollars for license payments should be aware that notes dated earlier than the year 2000 are often refused for local exchange, but if accepted they are liable to a much reduced rate - the full rate is about Shs.74 - Shs.75 but they would be valued only at about Shs.70 or less.     

        Congratulations to Joel Wamalwa Mukoche of Friends School Kamusinga, Kakamega, on being licensed as 5Z4BQ.

               

        PAYMENT OF ARSK DUES ETC.

        Subscriptions become due on 1st January.   Unless private arrangements can be made the advice of the Secretary or Treasurer should be sought on transmission of subscriptions in foreign currency.   Restrictions on third party cheques cashed by forex bureaux have now been lifted.   Cheques drawn on foreign banks attract high charges, however.  Current (July) exchange rates for US$1 is around Shs.76 and £Stg.1 about Shs.125.   All rates vary daily (if not hourly) and should be checked. 

     

        PAYMENT OF LICENSE FEES

        We have pressed for a fixed US Dollar fee for applicants from outside Kenya, to ease the variable exchange rate and remittance problem, but so far the CCK have been unable to accept this.  CCK is now looking into easier methods of payment from overseas but transfer costs are usually very high for the relatively small amounts involved.   

 

        CCK WEBSITE AND LICENSE APPLICATION FORM      

        The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) website may be seen at www.cck.go.ke and a copy of the Kenya Amateur Radio license application form RF2 should be downloaded from that site.   In case of any difficulty ARSK will send a copy of the new form by e-mail on request.   

 

        UGANDA AND TANZANIA

           Licensing information available to us for Uganda and Tanzania has been added below the Kenya information on the Licensing page, for the benefit of potential visitors to East Africa.   Tanzania information should be available at www.dit.ac.tz and http://tarc.dit.ac.tz/index.php .  This URL also lists conditions for reciprocal licenses in Tanzania (http://tarc.dit.ac.tz/foreigners.php).
(Thanks to Michael Fuchs, DL6MAF, for this information.)

 Please note that these offices are completely separate from the Kenya authority and must be dealt with directly.            

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        CUAGN SN! We look forward to working you on the air, seeing you here in person and hopefully in the not too distant future we may be able to assist and advise in getting visitors' licenses. Watch this space in case we get further good news for intending visitors.

        As we say here: "Kwaheri ya kuonana!" - we'll be seeing you!

- 73, GD DX -