At 04:32 PM 12/2/03 -0600, VE5ZX quoted an unofficial US MARS source:
"Several American amateurs have been reported operating on the ham bands
from Iraq , but this activity is problematic since all regular reciprocal
licensing in Iraq expired with the removal of the Saddam Hussein
government."
"Problematic" huh? And someone thinks that the former Iraqi Government
issued reciprocal licenses?
The ARRL issued a ruling some time ago that /YI operations were acceptable
if the US military personnel in question had written authorization; it's
hard for me to believe that the same judgment wouldn't apply to
authorization by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). There are
Americans in Iraq today whose jobs involve doing frequency management and
licensing for the CPA, including amateur licensing. Some time in the
not-too-distant future, I imagine there will be a handoff of amateur
licensing authority to the Iraqis again, but for the moment....
73, Pete N4ZR
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