[CQ-Contest] 2:21 PM Re: ARRL DX CW Results - Did Anyone Else Notice?

[r-emails at n5ot.com]

> Please cite the CEPT rule that you are referring to when you say "his 
> operation was not in compliance with CEPT." ?


This is a fair question.

The ARRL states here http://www.arrl.org/cept :

"A U.S. citizen holding ... [an] ... amateur radio service operator 
license grant by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is 
authorized to utilize temporarily an amateur station in a ... (CEPT) 
country ...."

Further:

"While operating an amateur station in a CEPT country, the person must 
have in his or her possession ... proof of U.S. citizenship ...."

To me this says you can't use your FCC callsign under the United States 
CEPT agreement if you are not a US citizen.  Your comment that the CEPT 
rules don't say anything one way or the other about US citizenship makes 
me want to put it another way: CEPT notwithstanding (except that it is 
specifically FCC's position with regard specifically to using FCC 
callsigns under CEPT) it appears that FCC licensee KO1A may have 
violated FCC rules if KO1A is not a US citizen, yet claimed to operate 
under CEPT, yet used his FCC callsign.

Maybe it's more of an FCC question than a CEPT question.

73 - Mark N5OT