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--- uk-callsigns [2025/11/12 19:32] – [Licence Revocation] Minor rewording g3aka
+++ uk-callsigns [2025/11/27 14:05] (current) – [Ofcom Licence Database] g3aka
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 In 2014 Ofcom proposed making it clear in the licence that the RSL was optional, this generated opposition from the RSGB so Ofcom decided not to add clarity to the licence at that time but Ofcom continued to consider that amateurs with M or G callsigns could either omit the RSL or give the RSL for the region they were visiting if they wished.
-In 2014/15 an attempt was made by Cornish amateurs to get the "K for Kernow" RSL issued for use in Cornwall. While Ofcom appeared to be supportive of the idea and issued a temporary "K" RSL during 2016 the RSGB did not support a permanent "K" RSL and it did not happen
+In 2014/15 an attempt was made by Cornish amateurs to get the "K for Kernow" RSL issued for use in Cornwall. While Ofcom appeared to be supportive of the idea and issued a temporary "K" RSL during 2016 but the RSGB did not support a permanent "K" RSL and it did not happen
 [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160408145201/https://gb2gm.org/k-for-kernow/ : Poldu report on RSL]]
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 In 2023 Ofcom again proposed changing the licence words to make it clear the RSL was optional.
-In August 2025 RSGB Director Stewart Bryant G3YSX posted an explanation:
+In August 2025 RSGB Director Stewart Bryant G3YSX posted this explanation:
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 Ofcom will no longer issue callsigns with the suffixes listed in the Forbidden Suffixes spreadsheet, however, in the past some of them have been issued
   * {{ :2024-12-05_forbidden_callsign_suffixes.zip | Ofcom Forbidden callsign suffixes 5 December 2024}}
+Callsign spreadsheet issued on 11 November 2025 four weeks after the release of Intermediate M8/M9 callsigns and all categories of amateur being able to change their callsign. Callsign changes supposedly could take place from the 13 November 2025 but Ofcom's software glitches meant Foundation were unable to do so for another two weeks
+  * {{ :2025-11-11_amateur_callsigns_sorted.zip | Ofcom Callsign Spreadsheet 11 November 2025}}
 Callsign spreadsheet issued prior to the release of M8/M9 callsigns, gives Status, Last Modified Date and Original Start Date
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   * {{ :2024-09-17_every-radio-callsign-spreadsheet.zip | Ofcom Callsign Spreadsheet 17 September 2024}}
-Callsign spreadsheet issued before the February 2024 re-issue of all licences. Ofcom's licence re-issue forced an update of the Last Modified Date Field for all valid licences. Sorting on the Last Modified Date field can give you an indication of how many amateurs had actually revalidated their licences since 2006 as revalidation forces a change to Last Modified Date
+Callsign spreadsheet issued before the February 2024 re-issue of all licences. Ofcom's licence re-issue forced an update of the Last Modified Date Field for all valid licences. Sorting on the Last Modified Date field can give you an indication of how many amateurs had actually revalidated their licences since 2006 (~63,000) as revalidation forces a change to Last Modified Date
   * {{ :2024-01-11_amateur_callsigns_sorted.zip | Ofcom Callsign Spreadsheet 11 January 2024}}