[NvHam] CEPT Licenses Now More Limited

[Dick Flanagan]

This notice will affect those who operate under CEPT reciprocal licenses 
when they travel outside the USA.

 From the ARRL Web Site <http://www.arrl.org>

European Reciprocal Licenses Now Limited to Advanced and Extra Class 
Licensees (Feb 4, 2008)

The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations 
(CEPT) has revised its table of equivalence between FCC amateur licenses 
and the CEPT license.

Effective February 4, 2008, Recommendation T/R 61-01 (as amended) now 
grants full CEPT privileges only to those US citizens who hold an 
FCC-issued Amateur Extra or Advanced class license. This means that those 
US licensees who hold an FCC-issued General or Technician license are no 
longer eligible for full operating privileges in countries where 
CEPT-reciprocal operation had previously been permitted. US Novice class 
licensees have had no reciprocal operating privileges under the CEPT 
provisions.

These changes are the result of a re-evaluation of US and CEPT license 
classes equivalence by the CEPT's Radio Regulatory Working Group at its 
meeting January 29-February 1, 2008 in Basel, Switzerland. The Working 
Group deals with numerous areas of concern including Amateur Radio, and is 
responsible for applications from countries to participate in T/R 61-01, as 
well as other Amateur Radio related issues.

"Changes in the US license structures and examinations often have ancillary 
implications beyond the immediate impact upon the US licensees," said Dan 
Henderson, N1ND, ARRL Regulatory Information Manager. "While this CEPT 
change affects several classes of US licensees when they visit Europe and 
other CEPT signatory countries, it has no effect on their operating 
privileges at home."
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
k7vc at arrl.org