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Occasionally a radio amateur has failed to renew their licence. On asking the ACMA, they are told that a WIA callsign recommendation is needed, and then make a new licence application.

The Radiocommunications Act does not impose on ACMA an obligation to issue a renewal notice. The ACMA does so, but failure to receive it is not an excuse.

It is the licensees responsibility to ensure that the licence is current.
Do you know your licence expiry date, and are your address details correct?

A callsign is only a condition of a licence, and if the licence is not renewed, after 60 days the callsign will be put on the WIA Public List on its website. After 7 days the WIA will issue a Callsign Recommendation to whoever wants it, with ballot provisions applying to 2-letter callsign in some states.

Full information of the process and forms needed can be read at All about Callsigns and New licence or expired licence, or reclaiming a former callsign - on the WIA website at www.wia.org.au

From text edition for OCT 08 2017 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/

Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2017-10-08.mp3

From text edition for May 05 2019 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/

Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2019-05-05.mp3

RENEWAL OF LICENCES
One of hamdoms regular chestnuts has reared its head again, that of a licensee suddenly discovering her or his ACMA licence has expired.

PLEASE REMEMBER : It is OUR responsibility to keep a track of expiry dates and ensure we pay our license on time.

More often than not ACMA do send a renewal, three to four weeks before the licence is due to expire, sent to the last valid postal or email address that the ACMA has on record. It is the licensees responsibility to keep email, postal and residential address current with the ACMA.

BUT the ACMA is not required by legislation to send reminder notices for the renewal of licences, but does so as a courtesy reminder and to facilitate payment of the renewal fee.

The WIA recommends that members note their licence renewal date in their diary as a reminder, should they not received the email or mail renewal notification from the ACMA.

Check out "renewal of licences" on wia.org.au http://www.wia.org.au/licenses/licensing...cerenewal/

Go here and enter your call to check your license info on acma site

https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/register_search.main_page

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