Operations from Guantanamo (licensing and callsign assignment) are
under the jurisdiction of the military, not FCC.
Bob, N7XY
On Mar 25, 2006, at 11:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Folks,
Thanks for the replies. I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing
something.
I have sent an inquiry to ARRL Field Services to see if there is
any input on the situation.
The best as I can see, operating under the authority of an FCC
license does not allow any station is US territory to operate
beyond Extra Class privileges {on 20 Meters}. Or to operate with a
callsign outside the assigned call of the station. If the FCC has
granted authority to officials at Gitmo to assign calls, then maybe
the call is Kosher. Prefixes can be added with a slant bar, but the
operator can not choose to alter the assigned call. If I hear
anything regarding this I'll update the list.
I don't know if I missed what spurred the comment about the 3 KHz
wide SSB sigs. But, it was good to listen to 14.348 and above, hear
the DX calling cq, but no US stations answering. This was not the
case in ARRL DX this month. What most ops don't consider is that
the dial frequency is the suppressed carrier frequency. So on
twenty, a dial frequency above 13.347 puts the sig squarely outside
the ham band. Same closer than 3 KHz from the bottom of a band on
LSB. Just cause the DX is calling CQ there doesn't mean US stations
should call there!
I did find it interesting to hear KG44WW scolding US stations for
calling him out of band. Unless I learn something new about
operating from Gitmo I thought he was out of band.
73 for now,
Duane, WV2B
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