昨年末,DXCCリストに追加された338番目のニュー・エンティティー“FJ,Saint Barthelemy”.
その地から先駆けてOH2BH,OH0XXが行ったFJ/OH2AMのCEPTライセンスによる運用に対して,フランス人ハムがDXCCデスクにクレーム書を提出していました.しかし,DXCCデスクは1月10日(米時間),その運用をDXCCに有効とする旨の発表を行いました.
以下,DXCCデスク発表の原文です.
詳細は,近号のCQ ham radioで解説します.
Announcement from the ARRL DXCC Desk
FJ/OH2AM
This operation by OH2BH and OH0XX was conducted under CEPT Recommendation
T/R 61-01. This Recommendation makes it possible for radio amateurs from
CEPT countries (and certain non-CEPT countries) to operate in other CEPT
countries without obtaining an individual temporary license from the visited
CEPT country.
Complaints were received from several individuals. The main thrust of the
complaints is that the operators used a club call for which Laine is station
trustee, rather than their individual callsigns.
The intention of the operators in using a single callsign was to limit the
number of duplicate contacts. Many DXpeditions use club or special-issue
callsigns for this reason. The Recommendation makes no mention of club
callsigns but says that the visiting license holder "must use his national
call sign preceded by the call sign prefix of the visited country." Other
operations using club callsigns from French territory, including in the
Caribbean, have taken place under provisions of the Recommendation and have
been credited for DXCC.
Since the question was raised, checking with various CEPT administrations
and with the European Radiocommunication Office (ERO) has revealed different
views regarding the use of club callsigns under the Recommendation. The ERO
observes that the use of a club callsign could prevent an administration
from determining whether a particular operator is qualified and concludes,
"Club members, including the holder of the club call sign, should use their
national personal call signs when abroad."
In the case of FJ/OH2AM, the two operators clearly were qualified to operate
in St Barthelemy under the Recommendation. They utilized a call authorized
to them by their national authority. The purpose of a radio station callsign
is to identify the administration and the licensee responsible for the
operation of the station. The use of FJ/OH2AM rather than FJ/OH2BH and
FJ/OH0XX did not thwart this purpose.
10 January, 2008