06-10-2017, 05:23 PM
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
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
Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2017-10-08.mp3
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