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Laurent BEUGNET Paris 27 december 2007

F6GOX / FJ5BL

President of ARP Radio-Club de Paris

To Mr Bill MOORE, NC1L , President of the ARRL DXCC Committee,

Copiy : Mr David SUMNER, K1ZZ, President ot the ARRL.

Object : Examination of the validation criteria of the dxpedition « FJ/OH2AM » at Saint

Bartholomew from 18 to 27 december 2007 by operators « OH2BH » et « OH0XX ».

Dear friends,

It was brought to the attention of ARRL DXCC committee members the violations of the

regulations French-CEPT TR/61-01 (sections 2.3 and 3.1) and hence the requirement for

validation of an expedition settlement of the DXCC ( article III.1), by amateur radio

"FJ/OH2AM" from 18 to 27.12.2007 at St Bartholomew.

The verification of the evidence submitted was obtained from the following sources:

ERO

Bureau européen des radiocommunications,

Peblingehus, Nansensgade 19,

DK-1366 Copenhague, Danemark.

Ministère des Postes et Communications électroniques / MINEFE / DGE

Monsieur Claude-Robert DELIME

Chef du Bureau de la réglementation

75012 Paris, France

claude-robert.delime at industrie.gouv.fr

Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA)

Itämerenkatu 3 A

P.O. Box 313

FI-00181 HELSINKI

radiocom at ficora.fi

There would be appear to the DXCC Committee members that these elements are likely

not to validate this activity "FJ/OH2AM" under regulations established by the committee.

With my best 73

Laurent BEUGNET F6GOX/ FJ5BL

I. Infringements CEPT TR / 61-01

I.1

Use a call sign that the operator does not hold in the country of origin

He was employed by two operators « OH2AM »instead of their home call sign that they

own in their country of origin, namely « OH2BH » and « OH0XX ». It is a violation of

section 2.3 of the the CEPT TR 61-01 Nicosia 2003 which states:

«2.3 When transmitting in the visited country the licence holder must use his national call

sign preceded by the call sign prefix of the visited country as indicated in Appendices II and IV.

The call sign prefix and the national call sign must be separated by the character "/" (telegraphy) or

the word "stroke" (telephony). »

Official confirmation from the Ministry of Posts and Electronic Communications

tansaltion of the email from Mr Claude-Robert DELIME :

Objet: Calls precision regulatory amateur

Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:28:05 +0100

De: Claude-Robert DELIME <claude-robert.delime at industrie.gouv.fr>

Répondre à :: Claude-Robert DELIME <claude-robert.delime at industrie.gouv.fr>

Pour :: <f6gox at free.fr>

Références: <47725A01.5090604 at free.fr> <000d01c847ce

$0e660060$12a522a0 at digitip.alize> <4772767D.906 at free.fr>

« Hello,

I can assure you in response to your question that the use of a code other than the one assigned to

his country of origin by his administration is not allowed.

Greetings

»

It is known to the committee DXCC it is a criminal offense to clear regulatory French

national, non-compliance with statutory requirements under Article L33-3 code postal

and electronic communications, with penalties under Article L39-1 code postal and

electronic communications that are applicable. It was not desired by the local radio

undermine the judiciary to both foreign visitors.

I.2

Use a call sign not have a reciprocity CEPT TR 61-01

The prefix used "OH2AM" is awarded to a Radio-Club.

http://oh-callbook.sral.fi/?call=oh2am&name=&addr=&zip=&city=&class=&lang=EN

The indicative Radio-Club not receiving reciprocity CEPT. It is a breach of section 3.1 of

the english version of the CEPT TR 61/01, which states:

« 3. 1 The equivalence between the CEPT licence and national licences in CEPT countries is given in Appendix

II.»

Only licenses OH Class Y, P and T are CEPT. C licenses out side Finland are not allowed.

II. Offense criteria for validation program DXCC

The rules for accreditation of DXCC in his point III.1 have not been met.

The settlement of DXCC, in his point III.1 shows:

« Conversely, findings by a host government indicating non-compliance with their

amateur radio regulations may cause denial or revocation of accreditation. »

As a result of non-compliance with applicable regulations Radio France, in sections 2.3

and 3.1 of CEPT TR 61-01, it is requested that the committee DXCC not validate the

activity « FJ/OH2AM » by the strict application of Article III.1.

III. Confusion among radio amateurs on the source codes

It appears in the callbook Finnish legibly:

http://oh-callbook.sral.fi/?call=oh2am&name=&addr=&zip=&city=&class=&lang=EN

The station OH2AM is a radio-club and not an individual.

Or even not to disguise the fraudulent use of an indicative radio-club that the information

contained on the website QRZ.COM were changed the day before the start of the

operation, which is December 17 by the qsl manager OH2BN?

The holder of OH2AM is shown with the same references as the holder of OH2BN, billed

as QSL manager of this activity.

If we were even more evidence to the committee DXCC the ARRL to be believed, one can

only wonder about the reasons that led this indicative Radio-Club to suddenly become

that of a natural person, qsl manager this expedition?

Conclusion

It is illegal in France to use the prefix "FJ/OH2AM" whether a radio-club or absence of the

operator « OH2AM » or « OH2BN » who was not on the spot.

This was indeed the case because the operators were at St Bartholomew holders stations

« OH2BH » and « OH0XX ».

It would be desirable, given the very strong feelings raised by the conditions of this

activity, the committee's DXCC the ARRL does not endorse a breach of the French

legislation and thus its own rule III.1 of DXCC Award.

It is requested that the committee DXCC the ARRL not validate the activity "FJ/OH2AM."

It is requested that the committee DXCC that the first operation "FJ" valid under the new

country DXCC No. 338 is that of "FJ5KH" Radio-Club of St. Bartholomew.

Laurent BEUGNET F6GOX / FJ5BL

Notes :

« OH2AM » is a Radio-Club, « OH-DX-Ring Ry », PL 73, 02381 ESPOO.

« OH2AM » was updated the 17.12.07 sur QRZ.COM « Jarmo J. Jaakola, KIILLETIE 5 C

30, HELSINKI FI-00710, FINLAND », sames words than « OH2BN ».

« OH2BH » is MARTTI LAINE, SAVASUNDINTIE 4C, ESPOO FINLAND 02380, FINLAND.

« OH0XX » is OLLI RISSANEN, Apartado 0860-00432, Villa Lucre, Panamá, PANAMA