Simon, XW0LP recently got in touch about his return to Myanmar:

I have returned to Burma (Myanmar) because of the dire situation with the civil war in the country. Local teachers have fled into the jungle and many foreign teachers have left Burma, due to the dangers. As a teacher of advanced years, I have learnt how to catch bullets in my teeth! Seriously, the young students in that country need all the help they can get with their education, so I didn’t feel happy in myself to just sit on a beach in sunny Thailand.

I will ask the military authorities to renew my ham operating permit, but I’m not expecting a positive response. The licensing department is staffed by civilians, not military, and they know me personally. But I fear that they will be too scared to renew my permit..but I’ll try!