[Dx-qsl] OX/NA1SA rejected by DXCC desk

[Michael Keane K1MK]

On 1/21/2009 10:48 PM, Steve Lund wrote:
> This is an interesting one. My QSL was rejected last month, but QSLs
> have been rejected since at least May 2008.
> 
> The trustee for NA1SA is NT2Y.
> 
> The operators for the OX/NA1SA operation were RW3GW, RW3AH, RA3MR and
> UA3MQM. Doesn't it seem odd that 4 Russian operators were using a USA
> call on a DXpedition to a third country?

Well, perhaps not so odd.

The Russian Federation hasn't implemented CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01 
yet <http://www.erodocdb.dk/doks/implement_doc_adm.aspx?docid=1802>. 
That implies they did not have a "CEPT radio amateur radio license" 
issued by Russia and therefore did not have the authority under their 
call signs to operate from OX under the terms of the  CEPT agreement.

But then there's also the matter of there not being a reciprocal 
operating agreement between the US and Russia. So how could those 4 
Russian operators be the control ops for a US licensed station?

I can see how an operation like this might raise even more questions 
than usual about the authorization to operate.

73,
Mike K1MK