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Some ON guys do not respect the Belgian regulations and use all illegal behaviours to work new DXCC and locators. Shame to heard ONs using callsign of others to improve the score of their brothers/friends when not QRV. I put for you a clear example what happen in Belgium.
We heard here
ON4ANT using his own callsign followed by the same operator using the callsign
of his brother ON4GG without to indicate who is the operator. Only one
operator was at home and his brother was at work. The true
voice
is not the same! Of course the piracy occurs in the other sense (like
this
ON4GG using the callsign of ON4ANT). Listen here
ON4GG and ON4ANT (op ON4GG cheating) with BG7OH. A such practice is prohibited
in Belgium. ON4ANT is now ON4IQ.
If you cannot play Real Audio files, the first record is available in WAV format or AU format. The other is available in WAV format.
The new regulation valid from February 12, 2001 is very clear (french and dutch text at PDF format here) and even more restrictive than the previous one.
January 9, 2001 - Ministerial decree relating to the establishment and the startup of radioelectric stations by radio hams
CHAPTER VI - Use of the station of amateur
Article 18. The Institute confers to each holder of the authorization a call sign for its station. This call sign is used as follows:
4° if a station of amateur is used by another radio ham that the holder of the authorization, the user emits the call sign of the holder of the authorization, followed by the word " operator " and its own call sign;
5° if the station of an association is used, only the call sign of this station is emitted;
The previous regulation was also very clear:
Excerpt of Ministerial order of 19 December 1986 related to the setting up and operating of radio-electric stations by amateurs' radio.
CHAPTER V Callsign
Art. 24 Whenever a amateur radio station is used by another
amateur radio than the authorisation's holder, the user must broadcast
the holder callsign followed by its own name and given name or his
own callsign.
Whenever an association station is put into service, only the callsign
of that station must be broadcasted.
The complete belgian regulation (French and Nederlands) is available on this site.
Comments of the Ed:
It must be clearly indicated if the operator is the authorisation's
holder or not.
Hereafter a good example (the station ONxxx named "Joe Smith" during
a QSO. The ONxxx operator is "Georges Buttler" ONyyy):
ONxxx my name is Georges: Illegal (heard
a true example).
ONxxx operator Georges: Illegal.
ONxxx operator Georges Buttler: Illegal in the new regulation.
ONxxx operator ONyyy: OK
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