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Information for U.S. Amateurs Wishing to Utilize the
"CEPT Radio Amateur License" (Recommendation T/R 61-01)
Prepared by the ARRL from ERO and FCC material, June 7, 1999
There are two classes of CEPT Radio Amateur License:
Class 1
This class permits utilization of all frequency bands allocated to the Amateur Service and Amateur Satellite Service and authorized in the country where the amateur station is to be operated. It will be open only to those amateurs who have proved their competence with Morse code to their own Administration. The European Radiocommunications Office (ERO) has determined as of February 4, 2008 that for the purposes of Recommendation T/R 61-01, the FCC Amateur Extra and Advanced licenses are equivalent to CEPT Class 1.
Class 2
This class permits utilization of all frequency bands allocated to the Amateur Service and Amateur Satellite Service above 30 MHz and authorized in the country where the amateur station is to be operated. The ERO has determined as of February 4, 2008 that for the purposes of Recommendation T/R 61-01, the FCC General and Technician licenses is equivalent to CEPT Class 2.
There is no CEPT equivalent to the FCC Novice license. Operation by Novices is not authorized under a CEPT Radio Amateur License.
CONDITIONS OF UTILIZATION
On request the license holder shall present his CEPT radio amateur license to the appropriate authorities in the country visited.
Authorization is granted for utilization of a portable or mobile station only. A portable station shall, for the purposes of this Recommendation, include any station using mains electricity at a temporary location, e.g. a hotel or a camping site.
Authorization is also granted for utilization of the station of a radio amateur holding a permanent license in the host country.
The license holder shall observe the provisions of the ITU Radio Regulations, this Recommendation and the regulations in force in the country visited. Furthermore, any restrictions concerning national and local conditions of a technical nature or regarding the public authorities must be respected. Special attention should be paid to the difference in frequency allocations to the radio amateur services in the three ITU Regions.
The use of the amateur radio station aboard an aircraft is prohibited.
When transmitting in the visited country the license holder must use his national call sign preceded by the CEPT call sign prefix as indicated below. The CEPT call sign prefix and the national call sign must be separated by the character "/" (telegraphy) or the word "stroke" (telephony). For a mobile amateur radio station the national call sign must be followed by the characters "/M" (telegraphy) or the word "mobile" (telephony). For a portable amateur radio station the national call sign must be followed by the characters "/P" (telegraphy) or the word "portable" (telephony).
The license holder cannot request protection against harmful interference.
For U.S. citizens, a "CEPT Radio Amateur License" consists of the FCC Public Notice (DA 99-2344, dated October 29, 1999) entitled "Amateur Service Operation in CEPT Countries" in three languages, English, French, and German, along with their original license document (Form 660) issued by the FCC.
