[OKDXA] END OF STORY .................CASE CLOSED

[John Geiger]

I guess in keeping with tradition, the French had to
surrender on this one as well!

73s John AA5JG

--- K8fu at aol.com wrote:

> SB DX ARL ARLD003
> 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.
> NNNN
> /EX
> 
> 
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