[UK-CONTEST] New licence docs

[Colin]

Yes, and we have a meeting with them (Ofcom) on the 26th of this month!

I registered with some difficulty at the beginning of December (and used
my callsign instead of licence number).   Having registered I then
re-entered the website using first initial and surname in upper case and
the password used when registering.   I then completed the validation
details, left the site, re-entered and the document was ready for
downloading.   The confirmation letter from Ofcom arrived some 3 weeks
later!

I validated my XYL's licence last week and the system had greatly
improved and an acknowledgement email arrived within minutes advising
her to download her new licence.

For people like Paul GW8IZR who recently received a 12 month licence
through the post you have two options.   You can operate under the old
BR68 T&Cs (including using /M and /P as a mandatory requirement) or you
can validate and download the new licence which automatically supercedes
the prebious licence.

The official line from Ofcom is that they were not expecting such a
large number of people to re-validate their licence so soon after 1st
December.   Naive or what!   If nothing else it has probably given the
programmers in Mumbai some additional income. :-X  (Rumour)

73

Colin, G3PSM

G3SXW wrote:
> Thanks to all you 'beta-testers' of the new Ofcom system for bombarding them 
> with calls for help. Perhaps these will lead to an improved system soon, at 
> which time I might enter the fray. Such web-nonsenses drive me crazy, so I 
> will wait for the system to settle down first! (licence expires late Feb). 
> It sounds to me like total incompetence, no doubt doing things on the cheap.
> Still, it occurs to me that there's little point in moaning here - we should 
> pass comments to RSGB. Are they in the loop on this shambles?
> 73 de Roger/G3SXW.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] New licence docs
>
>
>   
>> On 12 Jan 2007 at 11:00, Les Allwood wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I've just gone through the contorted process. First I registered with
>>> the site, then, using the knowledge gained from reading the trials and
>>> tribulations of others before me, I tried logging in using my first
>>> initial and surname. Bingo - in first time!!
>>>       
>> Gosh, following Les's trick I logged in with my assumed username and
>> it worked fine. Now got a pdf of my new licence...
>>
>> Note that you need to do two things before your licence appears in
>> the box at the bottom of the screen (and they have turned off
>> scrollbars so you have to use PageDn to get there).
>>
>> 1. Validate
>> 2. Edit where you go through several screens and accept the
>> information which should be your existing settings.
>>
>> Then you find a line with your licence number, click on the icon at
>> the left hand side to download (or right click if your browser is set
>> to open PDFs in the browser window).
>>
>> Remarkably straightforward after the initial glitches. But still not
>> very user friendly...
>>
>> 73 Dave G3YMC
>>
>> http://www.davesergeant.com
>>
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