22-03-2020, 06:10 PM
A followup on this news item, as extracted from the RASA website (https://vkradioamateurs.org/whats-in-a-c...entifiers/) :
"On a recent WIA News broadcast, WIA Director, Mike VK8MA noted that this policy is no longer enforced by ACMA – that is, a person can change State/Territory and not change their callsign.
We verified this with ACMA.
To quote ACMA’s Manager, Licence Allocation: [i]there is no regulatory requirement for an amateur to obtain (and use) a new callsign when they move interstate – the only requirement is that they transmit using a callsign as per the LCD requirement.[/i]
The callsign structure (the “callsign template”) is defined in the Deed (contract) with the Australian Maritime College (AMC), but is [i]not listed[/i] in any ACMA regulatory instrument such as the Act or the Licence Conditions Determination (LCD).
The ACMA regard callsigns as a matter of operational practice. They do not see callsign structures as part of their core regulatory responsibility – this is why the callsign structure is not included in the LCD, and will not be.
However, just to clarify, if you apply for a new or an upgraded callsign via the AMC, the normal rules apply – that is, your callsign prefix must match your location. This is because AMC have a contract with ACMA to manage callsigns, and the current callsign template is part of this contract.
So, what does this all mean?
If a person does not have to change their callsign when moving interstate, the numeric prefix/QTH connection has effectively been broken.
"
There is more in that article too but this seems the most relevant component...
I guess we won't be hearing quite as many "portable VK(x)" calls in the future as just the vanilla callsign can legally be used, regardless of when, where and how long you may stay somewhere.
Good, bad, don't know..
"On a recent WIA News broadcast, WIA Director, Mike VK8MA noted that this policy is no longer enforced by ACMA – that is, a person can change State/Territory and not change their callsign.
We verified this with ACMA.
To quote ACMA’s Manager, Licence Allocation: [i]there is no regulatory requirement for an amateur to obtain (and use) a new callsign when they move interstate – the only requirement is that they transmit using a callsign as per the LCD requirement.[/i]
The callsign structure (the “callsign template”) is defined in the Deed (contract) with the Australian Maritime College (AMC), but is [i]not listed[/i] in any ACMA regulatory instrument such as the Act or the Licence Conditions Determination (LCD).
The ACMA regard callsigns as a matter of operational practice. They do not see callsign structures as part of their core regulatory responsibility – this is why the callsign structure is not included in the LCD, and will not be.
However, just to clarify, if you apply for a new or an upgraded callsign via the AMC, the normal rules apply – that is, your callsign prefix must match your location. This is because AMC have a contract with ACMA to manage callsigns, and the current callsign template is part of this contract.
So, what does this all mean?
If a person does not have to change their callsign when moving interstate, the numeric prefix/QTH connection has effectively been broken.
"
There is more in that article too but this seems the most relevant component...
I guess we won't be hearing quite as many "portable VK(x)" calls in the future as just the vanilla callsign can legally be used, regardless of when, where and how long you may stay somewhere.
Good, bad, don't know..
Doug VK4ADC @ QG62LG51
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