Aust 2x1 callsigns now available 13Oct21

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Visit https://www.amc.edu.au/industry/amateur-...-callsigns


Make sure you download AND read https://www.amc.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf...102021.pdf

The callsign list is via https://csdb.utas.edu.au/Callsign/SearchUnallocated
Click on Callign Type : Advanced, then Letter type and select One-Letter then State ID.   The available calls are listed below..

The fee - $70 for one year - bit much for a case where no actual licence is issued by ACMA !!  (And you will have to probably pay the same amount NEXT year if you want to hold onto it..)
In reality this is just a callsign processing fee by AMC.

Some are already gone and they only became available about 5 hours ago !!!

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I don't know what paperwork the AMC will issue, but if it is in the form a.k.a. our apparatus licence and it states the holder's licence number, perhaps that will be sufficient?

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Just took a quick count of the 2x1 callsigns:

Area  Taken  Remaining
VK1     7       71
VK2    41       37
VK3    58       20
VK4    27       51
VK5    23       55
VK6    14       64
VK7     2       76
VK8     2       76
VK9     1       77

Seems VK3 is the contest capital for Australia 

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A list of 2x1 calls was published on the AMC web site a few days back :  
https://www.amc.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf...v-2021.pdf

Interesting reading !!


Given that the above PDF link contains a date, look to the main 2X1 page for any updated releases, found at https://www.amc.edu.au/industry/amateur-...-callsigns

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Only 2 left in VK3!

A list of 2x1 calls was published on the AMC web site a few days back :  
https://www.amc.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf...v-2021.pdf

Interesting reading !!

Given that the above PDF link contains a date, look to the main 2X1 page for any updated releases, found at https://www.amc.edu.au/industry/amateur-...-callsigns

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From the ACMA update of 15 Nov 2022 :

"Allocation of 2x1 contest callsigns

We have recently received queries about the allocation and use of 2x1 contest callsigns.

Due to demand within the amateur radio sector for 2x1 callsigns for use in amateur radio contests, we worked with the Australian Maritime College (AMC) to develop administrative arrangements to support the allocation and use of these callsigns.

The arrangements for 2x1 callsigns, as outlined in the October 2021 amateur radio update, are:

The AMC manages the allocation of the 2x1 callsigns on behalf of the ACMA.
Call signs are allocated in accordance with the callsign template: VK$A-Z, VJ$A-Z and VL$A-Z.

Callsigns are:

• issued exclusively for amateur radio contests
  
• limited to amateur radio clubs and holders of an Amateur Operator's Certificate of Proficiency – Advanced
  
• limited to one 2x1 callsign per licensed station – not including repeater or beacon licences 
  
• allocated on a first-come, first-served basis 
  
• issued for 12 months.
  

Successful 2x1 callsign applicants are not required to obtain a new licence or vary an existing licence.

There are no direct regulatory controls on the use of 2x1 callsigns. The ACMA’s view remains that most matters relating to call sign management, including 2x1 contest call signs, are not specific regulatory requirements. Instead, they are operational policies or established conventions and practices that we consider are better managed by the amateur radio sector.

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