If you would like to rent our club station during your stay on Svalbard you are welcome. Please contact us at booking@jw5e.com to make a booking request.
You can use your own callsign or the club call (JW5E). In case you use our callsign, it is compulsory to send a copy of your log to our QSL manager (in ADIF format) to be incorporated in our master log. If you have a CEPT licence there is no problem, you just add JW/ as a prefix. Remember to bring a copy of your licence.
Payment must be made in advance and when we can confirm recipient of such you will be provided with further information and a key for the station.
Rental price is NOK 1000,- or 100 EURO per day (for up to 2 operators).
For additional operators please add NOK 100,- or 10 EURO per operator per day.
Please make sure that all transfer fees are paid by you.
When you rent the station you get:
- Access to the station hut with relax room and kitchenette.
- Access to the antennas.
- Antenna switch with two outlets.
- Tree desks with PC monitors (HDMI).
- Good internet connection, wifi and wired.
- One guest radio (if it works). Some visitors do not treat equipment the way it should be treated, so we cannot guarantee it works at all times.
Look at “Station info” for more on the hut and antennas.
The weather can be hard on the antennas up here. We cannot guarantee that all antennas are in perfect order.
We used to rent out the station with radios and amps, but too often we had equipment sent away for months for repair resulting in disappointment by club members and visitors. Therefore, we do not rent out our main radios and amplifiers.
We recommend bringing your own radios and amplifiers.
A copy of your license, a list of operators and a mobile phone number are needed for booking.
Operating rules
The Norwegian Amateur Radio band plans must be followed. We do not rent out for CB operations (27MHz).
No unattended transmitting or remote use of transmitters is allowed.
Payment details
Pay to:
SARK – Svalbard Amatør Radio Klubb
Veg 401-15, NO-9171 Longyearbyen
Norwegian bank account: 47504120380
IBAN: NO6847504120380
BIC (SWIFT): SNOWNO22 (SPAREBANKEN NORD NORGE)
Cancellation
If your stay is cancelled more than 30 days BEFORE the start of the rental period, 50% of the payment received is refunded, but we will be flexible about rescheduling your entire rental period within a year.
If the stay is cancelled less than a month before we cannot refund any rent, but rescheduling will be considered on a case-by-case level.
The reason for these rules is that we lost the possibility to rent out to others while your booking was shown in the calendar.
Accomodation
It is important to know that the club station does not provide any accommodations for visitors and you must make your own arrangements. Information about places to stay and things to do on Svalbard can be found on: Visit Svalbard.