Richard70au

8 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Well, I used to live in Pattaya many years ago, now based in Luang Prabang (Laos).  Many 2 metre band hams in Thailand, but unless you speak Thai, you can't chat with them, and (from my own experience as a Thai-speaking ham), they accused me of being a pirate operator, because 'only Thai people' can be radio hams in Thailand....

 

OTOH, operating on the HF bands and chatting with other hams overseas was much more rewarding ????.  From Laos (I'm the only ham in Laos), I mainly operate SSTV and FT8 on 20 metres.

 

Simon HS0ZIB / XW0LP / XZ2A / G6JFY

Thanks Simon, we are planning to move over to Thailand and was hoping to chat with some guys over there, I am also running FT8 here in Australia. Thailand has no reciprical licence agreement with Australia.  

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Richard70au

VK2BO

Any ham radio operators in Pattaya?

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Richard70au

While looking at the requirements for Non-immigrant Visa O-A Retirement, I notice that you have to have health insurance for the 12 month period of the visa with 400000 Baht for in-patient and 40000 Baht for out-patient.

My question is if you have travel insurance with unlimited hospital cover will that fit the requirement or do you need to also have the Thai health cover that they are offering on some websites?

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Richard

Wife and I are looking to retire in Thailand next year after I turn 50. We are coming from Australia and wondering if we both need the 800000 Baht / 65000 baht a month income each. At the moment our combined income (pension) is about 112000 baht per month. 
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We are coming to Thailand in January next year, we have enrolled in a language course and have our visa in our passport.

Does the visa start from the day it is issued or from the day that you arrive in Thailand?

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