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The following Letter to the Editor of the CGC Communicator was published in CGC #901 dated April 26, 2009:

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  WONDERING ABOUT MEXICAN RADIO STATIONS

  Can someone explain to me how a Mexican radio station
operation works?  That is, does the Mexican government require
operators at the transmitter sites?  Is there a person assigned
that is a "Chief Operator."  Can a U.S. citizen cross the
border and work on the Mexican station's transmitter?

  Al   al2 (at) earthlink.net

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In response to this letter, a Mexican radio engineer replied as follows:

We are required by Cofetel to register a technical person responsible for each station.  However, this responsible party does not need to be present at the station nor even in the city where the station is located.  If something goes wrong, the station itself is to blame, not the technical person.

Cofetel does not prohibit American citizens from working in Mexico, especially in telephony.  In fact, there are a lot of foreigners.  You only need to have a permit from Secretaria de Gobernacion, but this applies only to a long term or permanent work position in Mexico.

For consulting or transient purposes, I do not believe you need a permit.  We have a lot of people coming here from major foreign companies for short periods of time.  They come to do training, installations, repairs etc. without a problem as far as I know.

Name withheld upon request

Posted by Steve Blodgett
Earthsignals.com