In article , Alun
writes:

The UK has no reciprocal licences per se, only permanent or temporary
licences. If you give a UK address you can get a permanent licence,
which is the same licence you get for passing a test. If not, you get a
temporary licence with a portable call. Either way there is a fee, and
for the temporary licence you pay the regular annual fee for only six
months.

So if I ever get to the UK for a vacation, I can get a distinctive UK
license based on my US license (no test)?

You can, you just need someone in the UK who will act as a mail drop,
Otherwise you will just get M0/N2EY if you have it mailed to you direct.
Hmmm, that's almost M0NEY, and I don't think that one has been issued
either.

Seems to me the USA could easily adopt a similar system.

So why can't the USA do something similar for legitimate visitors?

It could, but I can't imagine the FCC wanting to be directly involved

If the fees bring in revenue...

Naw, just lump them in with special event callsigns.

Those are 1x1 calls. How does that work for KH2?

What I meant was that just as there are special rules and callsigns for special
event stations, (including the license term being very short), the same sort of
thing could be done for visitors.


Some have residences both places. Others visit with friends or
relatives up here in summer, then go south during the cold. Under
your plan, they'd be forced to lose their call, or lie to the FCC.

I don't think much of that either. There's a possibility of me moving
to Michigan. I wouldn't want to give up N3KIP for some KI8@& call. I
prefer a 1x3 to a 2x2, and I don't want to pay for a vanity call.

Well, there you have it. I consider myself lucky to have gotten a 1x2;
2x1s sound backwards to me. As in "where's the rest of it?"

I couldn't agree more

The above was meant tongue-in-cheek, of course!

73 de Jim, N2EY