ARLA/CLUSTER: 4S7DXG - Illegal Operation

[João Gonçalves Costa]

Victor Goonetilleke, 4S7VK, Secretary RSSL, reports:
"I am sorry to inform you as the Secretary of the Radio Society of Sri Lanka that Ivan, a Ukranian Ham, is operating without a valid licence.

"He had a Sri Lankan callsign from a previous occasion, and he applied for a renewal which has not been granted yet from the Ministry of Defense.

"In the meantime he is stealthily operating and also claiming to operate from IOTA 171 Barbaryn Island which needs special clearance from the Harbour Master which he hasn't received, while operating from elsewhere in Sri Lanka, again without a valid license. No one is permitted to land without this clearance on Barbarine.

"We have brought this to the notice of the authorities. Last time when he was in Sri Lanka he operated with his Maldivian callsign while in Sri Lanka. We are sad to say that
any contacts by him should not be counted as valid."

Fonte: OPDX