The Bromley and District Amateur Radio Society

Ofcoms decision on future of amateur licensing
by Ofcom

Ofcom recently announced the following changes to the licencing structure for Amateur Radio :-

• To issue lifetime amateur radio licences which will remain valid for as long as the licence details remain correct or until such time as the licence is either revoked by Ofcom or surrendered by the licensee. There shall be no end date on the amateur radio licence. Such licences will be personal to the licensee and will not be transferable.
• To provide an online, web-based, self-service licensing service as an alternative to the postal service;
• To issue electronic licences (probably PDF® documents) to users of the online, web-based, self-service licensing service. Users of this service would print a hard copy of the licence which must be kept at the main station address;
• To make paper lifetime licences available (but subject to a small administrative charge);
• To modify the original proposal by requiring licensees to validate their licence details at least once every five years in order to maintain their lifetime licence

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