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ARLD003 Information on FJ/OH2AM
 
This operation by OH2BH and OH0XX was conducted under  CEPT
Recommendation T/R 61-01. This Recommendation makes it possible  for
radio amateurs from CEPT countries (and certain non-CEPT countries)
to  operate in other CEPT countries without obtaining an individual
temporary  license from the visited CEPT country.
 
Complaints were received from several individuals. The main thrust
of  the complaints is that the operators used a club call for which
Laine is  station trustee, rather than their individual callsigns.
 
The intention of the operators in using a single callsign was to
limit  the number of duplicate contacts. Many DXpeditions use club or
special-issue  callsigns for this reason. The Recommendation makes no
mention of club  callsigns but says that the visiting license holder
"must use his national  call sign preceded by the call sign prefix of
the visited country." Other  operations using club callsigns from
French territory, including in the  Caribbean, have taken place under
provisions of the Recommendation and have  been credited for DXCC.
 
Since the question was raised, checking with various  CEPT
administrations and with the European Radiocommunication Office
(ERO)  has revealed different views regarding the use of club
callsigns under the  Recommendation. The ERO observes that the use of
a club callsign could  prevent an administration from determining
whether a particular operator is  qualified and concludes, "Club
members, including the holder of the club call  sign, should use
their national personal call signs when abroad."
 
In the case of FJ/OH2AM, the two operators clearly were qualified  to
operate in St Barthelemy under the Recommendation. They utilized a
call  authorized to them by their national authority. The purpose of
a radio  station callsign is to identify the administration and the
licensee  responsible for the operation of the station. The use of
FJ/OH2AM rather than  FJ/OH2BH and FJ/OH0XX did not thwart this
purpose.
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