ACMA Consultation : non-assigned amateur regulatory arrangements

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14,762 from the ACMA's own figures (see Doug's second post), so at $55 = $811,910.

Not much bargaining power there.

Not quite true. The $55 figure quoted previously includes GST. So the real income figure (at 10% GST) is $50, as the ACMA does not get to keep the GST component.

The calculator tells me $50 * 14762 = $738,100, so well under the $1M mark. Makes the amateur service less attractive to maintain by the ACMA.

All of the $ figures mean nothing in the greater scheme. 

The question to be asked is about whether we are going to be happy with having the Class Licence changes - apart from there be no annual fees ??

I note this week's WIA news mentions this consultation but the WIA itself has not yet expressed their point of view. Then again, it is early days.

I mean to sit with the existing apparatus-based LCD on one screen and the Class Licence conditions on the second and scroll each document to see what actual changes there are between them, noting these down.  It hasn't happened - yet.

I agree that the "no interference / no protection" state has been in place for years, even if not officially.  
There could be a side effect on the likes of our Intruder Watch operations under a Class Licence where we are not afforded ANY protection. Is that important ?

The main consultation document expresses three options for the future, and we should probably look much more closely at all of these options before anything else happens about it.