[Mldxcc] [Fwd: FJ/OH2AM]

[Ken Anderson]

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Subject: FJ/OH2AM
From:    "Moore, Bill,  NC1L" <nc1l at arrl.org>
Date:    Fri, January 11, 2008 12:55 pm
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Announcement from the ARRL DXCC Desk



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.



10 January, 2008