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ARLB034 FCC Updates Notice on Amateur Radio Operation in CEPT Countries

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ARRL Bulletin 34  ARLB034
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  September 20, 2016
To all radio amateurs

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ARLB034 FCC Updates Notice on Amateur Radio Operation in CEPT Countries

The FCC has updated its Public Notice on Amateur Radio operation in European
Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) countries
that have adopted certain recommendations regarding the US. The updated
notice, in English, German, and French, includes some additional countries
where operation is permitted. Licensees operating in CEPT countries must have
a copy of the Public Notice, proof of US citizenship, and evidence of an FCC
Amateur Radio license grant. These must be shown to "proper authorities" upon
request.

More information about CEPT can be found at, http://www.cept.org/ . The Public
Notice can be found in PDF format at, http://transition.fcc.gov/
aily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db0916/DA-16-1048A1.pdf .

Subject to regulations in force in the country visited, a US citizen holding
an FCC General, Advanced, or Amateur Extra Class Amateur Radio license grant
"is authorized to utilize temporarily an Amateur Station in a [CEPT] country
that has implemented certain recommendations with respect to the United
States," according to the notice.

Advanced or Amateur Extra class operators are granted CEPT Radio Amateur
License privileges, in accordance with CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01 (as
amended). General class operators are granted CEPT
Novice Radio Amateur License privileges, in accordance with ECC Recommendation
(05)06 (as amended).

CEPT countries participating in CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01 as of September
16, 2016, are Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark (including Greenland, and
the Faroe Islands), Estonia, Finland, France (including Corsica, Guadeloupe,
French Guyana, Martinique, St Bartholomew, St Pierre and Miquelon, St Martin,
Reunion and its Dependencies, Mayotte, French Antarctica, French Polynesia and
Clipperton, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna), Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom (including Great Britain,
Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man).

CEPT countries participating in ECC Recommendation (05)06 as of September 16,
2016 are Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Denmark (including Greenland, and the Faroe Islands), Finland,
Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova,
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic,
Slovenia, and Switzerland.

Information regarding countries participating in CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01
and Recommendation (05)06 after September 16, 2016 is available from the
European Communications Office (ECO).

The Public Notice includes complete details. For more information, contact
Scot Stone, FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-0638, or via
email at, Scot.Stone@fcc.gov .

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