05-02-2021, 07:12 PM
I am not convinced we, as amateurs, actually have any bargaining power due to licence fees.
The estimates I can find for the number of amateurs in Australia range from 10,000 to 20,000. Let's be optimistic and say 20,000.
At $55 for a renewal, then that is $1.1 million. That is not very much when you consider the ACMA's total income to June '20 was $1,415,245,000 (according to their annual report).
So about 0.078% of their total income. I wonder what their expenditure on the service amounts to? I could easily see them burning through $1.1 million given the changes to the Act and LCD, ITU and other regulatory activities.
So if we are a net loss to ACMA we really don't have a lot of clout.
The estimates I can find for the number of amateurs in Australia range from 10,000 to 20,000. Let's be optimistic and say 20,000.
At $55 for a renewal, then that is $1.1 million. That is not very much when you consider the ACMA's total income to June '20 was $1,415,245,000 (according to their annual report).
So about 0.078% of their total income. I wonder what their expenditure on the service amounts to? I could easily see them burning through $1.1 million given the changes to the Act and LCD, ITU and other regulatory activities.
So if we are a net loss to ACMA we really don't have a lot of clout.
Colin
Barossa Valley, SAP. PF95ln
(aka VK5CSW)
Barossa Valley, SAP. PF95ln
(aka VK5CSW)