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--- uk-licence-archive [2026/03/26 12:20] – [1938] g3aka
+++ uk-licence-archive [2026/03/30 15:58] (current) – Added 2004 Radio Licensing Center g3aka
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       * {{ :first_impressions_of_ofcom_amateur_licence_statement_2006-07-04.doc | OFCOM Amateur Radio Licence Statement – First Impressions}}
     * Although planned to start from 1 October 2006 this version of the licence was never issued to anyone. Significant last-minute changes were made that addressed some of the issues raised in the Southgate post
+===== 2004 =====
+Up until 2004 the Radio Licensing Centre in Bristol, part of Royal Mail's specialist customer management unit, were contracted to provided licensing services.
+The 15 person team handled around 8000 applications, renewals and queries every month regarding Amateur Radio and Citizens' Band Radio.
+The RLC made available the latest sequentially issued Amateur and CB callsigns on their web site.
+On 24 February 2004 the latest callsigns issued were:
+  * Amateur Full: M0DPX
+  * Amateur Intermediate: 2E0AWG
+  * Amateur Foundation: M3FSY
+  * CB: 2G1SA
+  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040216011335/http://www.radiolicencecentre.co.uk/rlc/| Radio Licensing Centre]]
+{{ :2024-02_rlc_-_latest_callsigns_issued.jpg?nolink&400 |}}
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 ===== 1938 =====
-  * {{ :1938-12-08 Licence Cyril Thomas Fairchild G3YY 2DGR.pdf | 1938 Transmiting Licence}}
+  * {{ :1938-12-08 Licence Cyril Thomas Fairchild G3YY 2DGR.pdf | 1938 Transmiting Licence Cyril Thomas Fairchild G3YY (ex-2DGR)}}
-    * The 1938 UK amateur radio licence was an official government document authorizing the holder to operate an amateur radio transmitting station.
+    * The 1938 UK amateur radio licence was an official government document authorizing the holder to operate an amateur radio transmitting station. These licenses did not require you to pass any written exams alhough you did have to describe the experiment for which you required ransitting equipment.
-    * It outlined the terms and conditions for legal operation, including permitted frequencies, power limits, and identification requirements.
+    * The licence outlined the terms and conditions for legal operation, including permitted frequencies, power limits, and identification requirements.
     * This licence exemplified the formal regulation of amateur radio before World War II, promoting technical experimentation while ensuring responsible and controlled use of the radio spectrum.
+    * In the 1930's holders were issued with a callsign in the format Prefix-Numeral-Two Letter Suffix e.g. G3YY.  There were three possible prefixes G, GI or GM depending on the station's location in the UK.
+  * {{ :wiki:1938-11-12_2fsh_artificial_aerial_licence.pdf | 1938 Artificial Aerial Licence Alfred Vaughan 2FSH. Images supplied by Chris M1WCM from original licence}}
+    * These were issued in the 1930's and permitted to holder to own transmitting equipment but importantly they were not allowed to radiate a signal.  If the transmitter was activated it had to be connected to a Dummy Load.
+    * No tests or knowledge of Morse were required for the licence
+    * Licence holders were issued with a callsign in the format Numeral-Three Letter Suffix e.g. 2FHS.  There was no prefix as the holder wasn't authorised to radiate a signal
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