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<H1>CEPT says 'No' to U.S. Tech and General </H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>U.S. radio hams who want to operate in countries
that have CEPT universal licensing and want to use that reciprocal system had
better hold an Advanced or Extra class license. <BR></STRONG><BR>I'm
<STRONG>Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF</STRONG>, with word that <STRONG>the European
Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations which administers
the CEPT licensing scheme feels that the United States Technician and General
class licenses no longer meet the requirements to permit reciprocal operating
CEPT agreement nations</STRONG>. <BR><BR><STRONG>The CEPT license was
created to minimize the need for hams licensed in one nation to operate from
another without requesting a reciprocal license in each country. The
decision to disenfranchise United States General and Technician class hams from
CEPT licensing came at a January 29 th meeting held in Basel,
Switzerland.</STRONG> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>At that gathering the CEPT's Radio Regulatory Working
Group re-evaluated current United States license standards versus those of the
other CEPT signatories. <STRONG>It apparently found the recently revised
US licensing standards for Technician and General no longer have any equivalent
in the European community of nations.</STRONG><BR><BR>This change dopes not mean
that United States Technician and General class license holders cannot operate
from Europe. <STRONG>It does however require that a US Tech or General may
have to apply for a reciprocal operating permit in that nation. Its also
suggested that this be done well in advance of departing on that trip because
some administrations are very slow in responding.</STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>One
last note. <U>The decision by the United States to drop all Morse testing
had nothing to do with the CEPT decision</U>. <U>Most CEPT signatories
dropped Morse testing long before we did here in the
USA</U></STRONG>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF<BR></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Fonte:AR Newsline <BR></P></FONT></BODY></HTML>