[UK-CONTEST] Draft of new licence

[Don Beattie]

Colin,

Thanks for the background. I don't mind the concept of an Alternative
Address (to differentiate from /P and "portable") but why, if the change is
pre-notified, is the /A suffix needed ?

I seem to remember that the original context of /A (many years ago) was:

a) Pre-notification of operation at alternative address: use normal call
b) No pre-notification of operation at alternative address: use /A and
announce location
c) Portable location: /P

I would have thought that (a) and (c) would have been the way ahead. Look on
it as the same as advising Ofcom of a change of address, and then to change
it back after the operation ! In that case - no need for /A !!  (:-)

73

Don



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin G3PSM" <colin at g3psm.net>
To: "Don Beattie" <g3ozf at btinternet.com>; <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: <Dave at G3UEG.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Draft of new licence


> Don,
>
> The re-introduction of /A was at the behest of the Society as a result
> of a number of members requesting it.   It is primarily to cater for
> those with holiday homes and similar requirements and has nothing to do
> with more stringent location requirements.   We also tried to move
> pedestrian operation into /P as it used to be but cellphone etiquette
> has prevailed and it is still /M.
>
> There will be, we have been told, an automatic reminder sent out when
> the licence is due for re-validation.
>
> Apart from that, glad you like the results.   There was a lot of work
> put in by various people including David G3UEG.   Incidentally David,
> Clause 10(5) originally banned ANY usage of amateur frequencies for
> remote operations.   At least this is now a Full licencee 'perk' as are
> a number of other items.
>
> Not all our suggestions were accepted but the hands of the lawyers came
> into operation toward the end.
>
> 73
>
> Colin, G3PSM
>
> Don Beattie wrote:
>
>>Yes, and a couple of other points too, Chris:
>>
>>a) The reintroduction of  "/A" when operating at an alternative address.
>>Personally I would have thought that pre-notification to Ofcom of the
>>intention to use the alternative address should mean that the addition of
>>the "/A" suffix when operating from there was not required. The "/P"
>>facility remains (no pre-notification required, but need to identify
>>location from time to time). I also worry that this may be the beginning
>>of
>>a more stringent requirement for /P to provide proper location information
>>(I suspect this rarely happens in HF contests these days - on VHF the
>>locator is probably enough to comply). It won't be popular if /P stations
>>are required to use /A instead, to overcome the need to announce location
>>regularly, I suspect.
>>
>>b) The right of Ofcom to withdraw the licence if you don't revalidate your
>>details every five years. I would have thought an e-mail reminder from
>>Ofcom
>>that the five years was up would be an appropriate addition here !
>>
>>But overall, the wording of the new licence is a huge improvement.
>>
>>73
>>
>>Don, G3BJ
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "G3SVL" <G3SVL at manyoaks.co.uk>
>>To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
>>Cc: <Dave at G3UEG.co.uk>
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 12:41 PM
>>Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Draft of new licence
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>OFCOM have put a draft of our new licence on their website today.
>>>
>>>http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/aradio/lifetimelicence/licenceformat.pdf
>>>
>>>A quick read through shows that:
>>>   * 400W limit remains :-(
>>>   * Free licence condx embedded (as per the consultation doc) :-)
>>>   * Foundations get 10m
>>>   * Log book no longer mandatory (but on demand from OFCOM to
>>>investigate QRM etc.)
>>>   * BUT, a new and welcome addition - Full licensees can now
>>>control and operate their station remotely using amateur-band RF or
>>>wired connections! This is for personal use only but does cover club
>>>licenses.
>>>This remote capability is a real credit to Dave, G3UEG who has had an
>>>NoV for a couple of years (see RadCom articles & HFCC presentation)
>>>and has worked behind the scenes to get this into our licenses.
>>>
>>>The remote operation wording is a little confused i.e clause 7(3)
>>>implies all licensees can use up to 10mW ERP of amateur-band RF to
>>>control their station over a max distance of 100m; clause 10(2)
>>>removes the power restriction for Full licensees, but not the 100m
>>>restriction and Clauses 10 5) and 10(8)b imply only Full licensees
>>>can control a rig over RF! Guess we can get this tidied up before it
>>>goes live on 1st October 2006.
>>>
>>>The website says its issued for 'information only' but I'm sure the
>>>new responsive OFCOM (Steve G8MXZ)  will listen to input (someone
>>>needs to check if my interpretation of the clauses is correct)
>>>
>>>73  Chris G3SVL
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