[UK-CONTEST] Deliberately Corrupting call signs

[Colin Thomas]

Ouch!

TA1/G3PSM

On 7 April 2010 16:30, Colin Wilson <colin at sheffield-live.co.uk> wrote:

> All
>
> It maybe helpful for our friend Artur to review the Ts&Cs of the CEPT
> T/R61-01 agreement and also to see clause 13, Identification, of section 2
> of the UK Amateur Radio licence. I take it that Artur  SP3CW is just
> visiting the UK and not resident as QRZ.com is showing the following:
>
> FROM NOV 2003 QRV as M/SP3CW
>
>
> TEL: +44 7706949991, QTH : Birmingham, IO92AL
>
>
>
> The CEPT agreement suggests that providing Artur is not resident in the UK
> then he can use M/SP3CW, if resident then he should apply for a full UK
> licence.  So two issues here by all accounts.
>
>
>
>
> http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/classes/amateur/Licences/samplelicence07.pdf
>
> 13 Identification
>
> 13(1) The Licensee, or, if this Licence is a Full Licence, then any other
> authorised person
>
> who uses the Radio Equipment, shall transmit the Callsign specified in
> Section 1 of this
>
> Licence and any Modifier applicable under the provisions of this Licence:
>
> Section 1 states the stations callsign and in a word if it does not say
> that
> his call sign is M3CW then it MUST not be used by him under any
> circumstances.
>
>
>
> The CEPT TI~R61-01 (2) states the following for visiting Amateurs.
>
> Amateurs shall transmit their home callsign after:
>
> a The UK callsign prefix "M"
>
> b. followed by the appropriate regional secondary locator (if any); and
>
> c. followed by the symbol "/"
>
>
>
> Using the correct full call is not only good operating practice as already
> pointed out it is actually a requirement of the licence!
>
> When I first came to the UK my call was GM/ZB2IP - I don't recall dropping
> the GM/ for any reason, that would be misleading and confusing the station
> being called! Once resident (within 6 months) I had to apply for a UK call.
> Operating the other way round from Cyprus as 5B/SP3CW would you drop the SP
> and be 5B3CW I dont think it would be too long before you got a knock at
> the
> door!
>
> 73
>
>
> Colin G3VCQ
>
>
>
>
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