Hello Riley,
> >> Also note that the following is a perfectly valid callsign which
> >> also doesn't fit in the AX.25 spcification:
>
> >> PA/GM7GOD/MM
>
> >> That is the callsign that *I* would have to use if operating from
> >> a ship sailing in tidal waters claimed by the Netherlands.
>
> > AFAIK, this callsign is *not* valid.
>
> I've had reason to use it in compliance with my licence, so I can
> confirm that it is indeed valid.
>
> > If the waters are claimed by a country (xx mile zone), you are
> > IN that country an *not* /MM. So it's either GM7GOD/MM *or*
> > PA/GM7GOD/p or /m or whatever.
>
> Under MOST (but not all) ham radio licences, the term "Maritime
> Mobile" is defined as meaning that one is located on "tidal waters".
So now I looked it up and found the following information at
http://www.darc.de/referate/ausland/foreign/afuv-e.html:
> Ordinance concerning the Amateur Radio Act
> (Amateur Radio Ordinance - AFuV)
> of 23 December 1997
(...)
>
> Paragraph 12: Use of Call Signs:
>
> (3) The radio amateur may add the following to the personal call sign,
> the call sign for radio Operations instruction or the call sign of the
> club station:
(...)
> 2. the sign "/mm", for radiotelephony the words "maritim mobil", when
> operating an amateur station on board a watercraft at sea;
So whatever "at sea" means...
Please note, German law now says "may add" and not "must add".
> F. JY1 = JY 1 ? - Does not comply with the rules !!!
Yep, although kings sometimes make up own rules, but this one surely
won't (anymore).
73, Robert
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