26-10-2019, 10:29 AM
The allocation of a "forever" callsign has to be one of the best ideas I have heard in a very long time.
It doesn't mean that the licence grades are diminished and it provides more reliance on the individual to operate within their specific licence conditions.
I often look up the ACMA Register to check details on someone who registers for forum access, and sometimes for stations I hear on-air, and it is a simple enough process.
Try it yourself : https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/register_search.main_page and enter a callsign in the relevant data box.
Some 25-odd years ago, I was offered the callsign VK4DH (my initials) when the previous licensee relinquished it - and I considered it for all of about 30 seconds before deciding to keep my existing callsign - which has been "mine" since early 1976 (and not previously issued). Back then I upgraded from LAOCP to AOCP so underwent a callsign change from VK4ZDC (issued in 1967).
This "forever" idea means that such a change would be unnecessary.
Now it is only a matter of getting ACMA agreement to make the implementation happen.
It doesn't mean that the licence grades are diminished and it provides more reliance on the individual to operate within their specific licence conditions.
I often look up the ACMA Register to check details on someone who registers for forum access, and sometimes for stations I hear on-air, and it is a simple enough process.
Try it yourself : https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/register_search.main_page and enter a callsign in the relevant data box.
Some 25-odd years ago, I was offered the callsign VK4DH (my initials) when the previous licensee relinquished it - and I considered it for all of about 30 seconds before deciding to keep my existing callsign - which has been "mine" since early 1976 (and not previously issued). Back then I upgraded from LAOCP to AOCP so underwent a callsign change from VK4ZDC (issued in 1967).
This "forever" idea means that such a change would be unnecessary.
Now it is only a matter of getting ACMA agreement to make the implementation happen.
Doug VK4ADC @ QG62LG51
http://www.vk4adc.com
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