Bill, To answer part of your question, a quick check of the rules posted on Saudi Arabia's CITC web site indicate that non-Saudi's can be licensed "If he is having a valid license from his country authorizing him to operate such station" or "If he obtained a license for such station from CITC in accordance with this regulation" [see Article (4)]. So at least on paper, Americans can get licensed.
Club stations -- or as the CITC puts it, Common stations -- are covered in Chapter 4, Articles 17 & 18. But these two articles only cover that a Common station can be established, and that "The Radio Amateur whose name is mentioned in the license of a Common Amateur Radio Station" (ie the station Trustee) is responsible for the station (operationally, financially, etc.). Nothing more. None of this explains what happened to the HZ1AB Club, er, Common Station that we knew. I'm tempted to speculate, but basically, lacking further details your guess right now is as good as mine. 73, ron wn3vaw ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 7:21 PM Subject: [DX-NEWS] Saudi Arabia's HZ1AB is history > Hi Jim, > What are you saying? American's can not get a license to operate there? > Don't we still have some military stationed there? > What is the complete story of taking away the license? > Bill W4WX > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 6:34 PM > Subject: [DX-NEWS] Saudi Arabia's HZ1AB is history > > > > *************** > > The ARRL Letter > > Vol. 23, No. 39 > > October 1, 2004 > > *************** > > > > * Saudi Arabia's HZ1AB is history: The HZ1AB club station in Saudi Arabia > > now is history. Originally the United States Military Training Mission > > station and more recently known as the Dhahran Amateur Radio Club, HZ1AB > > was a well-known DX call sign for almost six decades. Club Secretary > > Thomas Carlsson, SM0CXU/AB5CQ, said this week that new station license > > requirements in Saudi Arabia made it necessary to shut down the station, > > and the call sign has been reissued to a Saudi national. QSL manager Leo > > Fry, K8PYD, has the HZ1AB logs to handle any late QSL requests. Earlier > > this year, Saudi Arabia licensed 18 new Amateur Radio operators. Details > > about licensing there are available on the Saudi Arabia Communications and > > Information Technology Commission Web site > > <http://www.citc.gov.sa/CITC/EN/SpectrumManagement/generalservices/?sm=9 > >. > > --The Daily DX <http://www.dailydx.com > and Thomas Carlsson, SM0CXU/AB0CQ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > To post a message the subject must begin with [:dx-news:] > > (all lower case) and sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post a message the subject must begin with [:dx-news:] > (all lower case) and sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- To post a message the subject must begin with [:dx-news:] (all lower case) and sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------
