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DL2GG > CEPT 04.03.98 02:12l 55 Lines 2460 Bytes #-9867 (0) @ EU
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de DL2GG @ DB0NDR.#NDS.DEU.EU (Rainer)
to CEPT @ EU
Hi !
Here an interesting message:
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT February 12, 1998
To all radio amateurs
US amateurs soon will not need to apply for reciprocal licenses in order to operate
during short visits to most European countries. While an official announcement still may
be a few weeks away, it's been learned the US request to participate in the European
guest license arrangement has been approved. Similarly, most European hams visiting the
US no longer will have to submit FCC Form 610A.
Approval of the US request came in late January at a meeting of the CEPT Radio
Regulatory Working Group (WGRR), in Groningen, The Netherlands. The European
Radiocommunications Office (ERO) has been instructed to officially notify the FCC of
the decision approving US participation.
Last September, the US State Department applied for US participation in the European
Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) Amateur Radio
licensing system. A holders of a CEPT license can operate in CEPT-participating
countries without having to apply for a reciprocal license.
The State Department's action came at the urging of the ARRL that the US take
advantage of the CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01 arrangements and issue a license
that would be recognized by CEPT-participating administrations and would be valid for
brief visits.
Also last fall, the FCC proposed amending the Amateur Radio rules to make it easier for
hams holding a CEPT license or an International Amateur Radio Permit (IARP) to
operate during short visits to the US.
Under the soon-to-be-implemented arrangement, a US Technician license would be
recognized as a CEPT Class 2 (VHF-only) license, with full privileges above 30 MHz.
Holders of Tech Plus through Extra tickets would be given a CEPT Class 1 license, with
full privileges on HF and VHF. Novice licensees would not be eligible for a CEPT
equivalent license since most CEPT countries don't offer a license of this type.
Once the ERO formally advises the FCC of the decision, the FCC must complete the
steps to implement the participation before CEPT licensing can become effective.
''We've been urging the Commission to do this since 1991,'' said ARRL Executive Vice
President David Sumner, K1ZZ. ''Now that CEPT has given the green light, we hope the
FCC will step on the gas.''
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73
Ray
dl2gg/yv5
http://www.qsl.net/dl2gg
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