ACMA Consultation : non-assigned amateur regulatory arrangements

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As it is a cost cutting exercise the Class Licence option is most likely, which is sad as it would remove the CEPT approval and thus reciprocal licencing but otherwise I am not sure it would have that much impact.

Colin

In view of COVID and all that stuff, I doubt that I will be travelling overseas in the next few years. I have a severe reluctance to hop aboard a 'silver bird' with 300 others who may - or may not - have COVID infection effects, immunisations aside.  

That means that CEPT availability is not really an issue to me personally but there is a possible escape clause for me anyway :  I gained a USA Extra Class licence (call KX4SX) just under two years ago. I MIGHT be able to use that if I make it overseas.  I haven't really looked into what use it might be as I did it more as a technical challenge rather than having any real plan to utilise it.

I have yet to re-read the ACMA documents to see what explanations for the 'streamlining' have been supplied for option 2 before I make up my mind.

Thus my vote in the WIA poll hasn't happened as yet, and my own separate submission to the ACMA has yet to be done, but I (too) think it is mostly fait accompli as a Class Licence in the near future.