2015 Jan: Meeting with Home Minister Umar Naseer and the Chief Executive of Communications Authority of Maldives.

Basically, we wanted to meet the Home Minister to discuss about Amateur Radio situation in the Maldives. Most importantly, the lack of Amateur Radio Operators and lack of Rules and Regulations. He was kind enough to include the Chief Executive of Communication Authority of Maldives in the meeting. Communication Authority of Maldives (CAM) is the Amateur Radio Licensing and regulating body in the Maldives.

We presented a presentation we have prepared – “the importance of using Amateur Radio HF, CB and VHF communication in Maldives”. During the presentation we discussed about the different points of the presentation and answered the questions asked by the Minister and the Chief Executive. We discussed about the nation wide Radio Network we had in the 1980 – 1990s. And also, about disaster preparedness – use of Amateur Radio for a place like Maldives.

We thanked the Minister for giving us this opportunity. The Minister thanked us for bringing this to his attention and also for answering his questions.

Main points of the Presentation: 

• What is Amateur Radio?
• The history of Amateur Radio
• The use of Amateur radio –  HF, CB and VHF
• International best practices in using Amateur radio, HF, CB and VHF
• Amateur radio, HF, CB and VHF could be used in Maldives and will be benefited in many ways
• Personnel experience and situations benefited through Amateur Radio, HF, CB and VHF communication
• Cost benefits in Amateur Radio
• Suggested communication in remote islands

CAM: https://www.cam.gov.mv/index.html

73 🙂