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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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