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| uk-callsigns [2025/11/30 12:25] – [Licence Revocation] g3aka | uk-callsigns [2025/11/30 12:31] (current) – [Licence Revocation] g3aka |
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| **For failure to revalidate every 5 years** | **For failure to revalidate every 5 years** |
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| As of November 2025 Ofcom had only ever revoked amateur licences on one occassion for failure to revalidate in the previous 5 years. It occurred in October-November 2015 when Ofcom did a test run of their month-long revocation procedure. For the test a small batch of licences that had not been revalidated in the previous 8 years were put into the 30-day revocation appeals process, the licence holder was contacted and if after 30 days they hadn't said they wished to keep the licence then Ofcom revoked it. In total 530 licences were revoked out of the aproximately 14,500 licences that had not been revalidated in the previous 8 years, Ofcom did nothimg about the other ~14,000 unvalidated licences and so they remain valid (but unvalidated) licences to this day - {{ :2015-12-04_list_of_revoked_amateur_callsigns.pdf | list of the callsigns that were revoked}} | As of November 2025 Ofcom had only ever revoked amateur licences on one occassion for failure to revalidate in the previous 5 years. It occurred in October-November 2015 when Ofcom did a test run of their month-long revocation procedure. For the test a small batch of licences that had not been revalidated in the previous 8 years were put into the 30-day revocation appeals process, the licence holder was contacted and if after 30 days they hadn't said they wished to keep the licence then Ofcom revoked it. In total 530 licences were revoked out of the aproximately 14,500 licences that had not been revalidated in the previous 8 years, Ofcom did nothing about the other ~14,000 unvalidated licences and so they remain as valid (but unvalidated) licences to this day - |
| | * {{ :2015-12-04_list_of_revoked_amateur_callsigns.pdf | list of the callsigns that were revoked}} |
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| Ofcom found the revocation procedure was labour-intensive and expensive they never repeated the exercise, no further licences were revoked. | Ofcom found the revocation procedure was labour-intensive and expensive they never repeated the exercise, no further licences were revoked. |
| In 2024 Ofcom signalled an intent to revoke licences that hadn't been revalidated in the previous 5 years. It the same year Ofcom automatically revalidated every single licence, this meant no licence would need revalidation until 2029 at the earliest. | In 2024 Ofcom signalled an intent to revoke licences that hadn't been revalidated in the previous 5 years. It the same year Ofcom automatically revalidated every single licence, this meant no licence would need revalidation until 2029 at the earliest. |
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| In January 2024 there had been some 63,000 unvalidated licences, many hadn't even been validated once in the previous 18 years. If Ofcom do what they have indicated then there will be a sudden drop in licence numbers in 2029/30. | In January 2024 there had been some 63,000 unvalidated licences, many hadn't even been validated once in the previous 18 years. If in 2029/2030 Ofcom eventually do what they have indicated then there will be a sudden drop in licence numbers. |
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| **When there's a licence upgrade or a Callsign change** | **When there's a licence upgrade or a Callsign change** |
