[UK-CONTEST] Revision of our Licence

[Mike Farmer (G3VAO)]

I agree with Steve in addition I feel that any input from the actual people
who will be affected by the changes in this case the Amateur would be
ignored as we have a biased opinion!

Mike
G3VAO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Rawlings" <steve at alg.demon.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:15 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Revision of our Licence


> I've read the questionnaire, but can't find anything in there to make me
> feel that a response is necessary.  This is probably the case with the
> thousands of other licensees who, like me, have not completed the form.
>   I don't see anything openly important in the document, or even
> anything hidden between the lines.
>
> (Most of the really damaging changes to the amateur service in recent
> years appear to have been at the hands of national and international
> amateur radio societies, not the bodies that simply respond to such
> changes.)
>
> But I'm willing to be persuaded otherwise, if I'm missing something.
>
> Any replies to my personal email, please.
>
>
> Regards to all,
> Steve GW4ALG
>
>
> Dave Lawley wrote:
> > Contesters are an extremely active bunch. So get active on this one and
> > make sure to reply by 17 August. Out of around 60,000 UK licensees
> > (no-one seems quite sure of the exact number) only a couple of hundred
> > responses have been received to date. There is a danger that Ofcom will
> > take the view that there has not been sufficient body of input from the
> > amateur community, and will therefore feel they have carte blanche to
> > make whatever changes they choose.
> >
> > Please visit
> > http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/aradio/
> > and
> > http://www.rsgb.org.uk/news/q&aaug05.pdf
> >
> > then consider all the issues, and make a response. Free licence for
> > life? Yeah great, but you can't get something for nothing and there is
> > great concern that it is a prelude to deregulation. Whatever else, I
> > think it is imperative that Ofcom receive a clear unequivocal NO to
> > question 6 about exemption from the WT Act in the longer term.
> >
> > Former UK contester G4BKI has put together an excellent little page at
> >
> > http://sciencetechnologyconsultants.com/UK.htm
> >
> > which has all the links, including a Word document which you can
> > download, fill in with your answers and return to the Ofcom address
> > which is also listed on his page.
> >
> > 73, Dave G4BUO
> >
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