SB QST @ ARL $ARLB085 ARLB085 3rd-party, reciprocal news ZCZC AG52 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 85 ARLB085 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 8, 1995 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB085 ARLB085 3rd-party, reciprocal news The Federal Communications Commission has added three countries to the list of those with which the United States has an Amateur Radio reciprocal operating arrangement. They are Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The FCC also has added the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the list of countries with which the US has a third-party traffic agreement. A visitor to the US from a ''reciprocal country'' may obtain a permit valid for one year by sending a completed FCC Form 610-A application and a copy of his license to the FCC's Gettysburg, Pennsylvania office. Complete lists of US third-party traffic countries and reciprocal operating arrangement countries are available by sending an SASE to ARRL Headquarters, or electronically through the sources listed in ''How to Contact the ARRL'' in each QST. NNNN /EX