[UK-CONTEST] New Zealand licensing

[Ian White]

Chris wrote:

> Hello all
> 
> Clive GW3NJW wrote :-
> > Did you see that the ZL authorities have
> already implemented a licence for
> life?
> 
> This comes into effect next month here, but
> there are some snags. I'm not
> 100% sure of the reasoning, but I think the ZL
> licensing authorities are
> taking the pragmatic view that the amateur
> service is now a 'sideline' and
> not a real future revenue source - I'm guessing
> that the same situation
> exists in the U.K. ?
> 

In the UK it is driven entirely by the political 
imperative to "deregulate".

OFCOM is being forced to think of *something* that can 
be labelled as "deregulation" of the amateur service. 
It really is as simplistic and stupid as that.

But it isn't negotiable; something 
called "deregulation" *is* going to happen, regardless 
of what it actually turns out to be. 

What we need to concentrate on is limiting the damage.


73 from Ian GM3SEK