3-letter calls for all Advanced, Standard and FOUNDATION licensees..

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Well it is finally happening.  An email from the ACMA today contains the following link : :

https://acma.cmail19.com/t/d-l-clijdiy-tlidalhdr-t/


Changes to call signs

We are making changes that will facilitate access to a wider range of digital modes for foundation licensees, and provide a ‘call sign for life’ for all licensees by:  

•  allowing all amateurs to obtain a three-letter call sign
  
  
• removing the association between call sign suffixes and qualifications. 
  
  

If you have a foundation, standard or advanced licence, you can apply to the AMC for any available three-letter call sign. 

You can also keep your current call sign if you wish, including if you get a new qualification (for example, going from foundation to standard, or standard to advanced).

Two-letter call signs remain available to advanced licensees only. 

Call signs and state/territory identifiers

Call signs traditionally indicated the state or territory where an amateur resides—for example, VK3 indicates that the licensee resides in Victoria.

Applying for new call signs

If you’re applying for a new call sign, you’ll continue to be issued with a call sign that indicates your state or territory of residence. 

Moving interstate or changing location

It has been long-standing operational policy that amateurs moving interstate must get a new call sign. However, it is no longer a requirement to get a new call sign when you move interstate, although you can get one if you wish. 

Under the LCD, if you’re going to operate an amateur station at a different location for a continuous period longer than four months (or seven days for a repeater or beacon), you should ask the ACMA to consider varying the licence to change the location.