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       * Foundation were:
         * Permitted to use 28 MHz band
-        * No longer had to use CE approved transmitting equipment. Instead kit or ready-built transmitters just had to be operated in a way that satisfied IR-2028. The situation for Foundation kit built transmitters remained essentially the same, there had never been any compliancy requirements for kits neither had there been any definition on what comprised a kit, which allowed considerable flexibility. Transmitting equipment capable of operating in non-amateur bands was permitted as long as no transmissions were made out of authorised amateur bands
+        * No longer had to use CE approved transmitting equipment. Instead kit or ready-built transmitters just had to be operated in a way that satisfied IR-2028. The situation for Foundation kit built transmitters remained essentially the same, there had never been any compliancy requirements for kits neither had there been any definition on what comprised a kit, which allowed considerable flexibility e.g. a bare PCB and a circuit diagram could constitute a kit. Transmitting equipment capable of operating in non-amateur bands was permitted as long as no transmissions were made out of authorised amateur bands. There were no power restrictions on the transmitting equipment that could be built, a Foundation holder was permited to build a 100 watt transceiver but they would have to turn the power down to what in 2006 was 10 watts to be able to use it on-air
-      * Full were permitted to supervise an unlicenced person on-air.  Previously only Club stations using the special Club RSL had been permitted to do this
+      * Full were permitted to supervise an unlicenced person on-air.  Previously only Club stations using the special Club RSL had been permitted to do this.   This meant the special Club RSL's no longer served any purpose but some clubs had become attached to them so Club RSL's remained
       * The licence was free and lifetime, annual renewals were no longer required
     * This version of the lifetime licence didn't go as far as some amateurs wanted and still contained a number of unnecessary restrictions. This summary of the issues with the new licence was posted on the daily Southgate Amateur Radio News Service site on 5 July 2006:
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 ===== 2005 =====
-  * On 26 May 2005 Ofcom published a //'Consultation on a proposal to reform amateur radio licensing - A lighter, electronic licensing process'//. Which aimed to modernise the amateur licence.
+  * On 26 May 2005 Ofcom published a //'Consultation on a proposal to reform amateur radio licensing - A lighter, electronic licensing process'// which aimed to improve the licensing process, modernise the amateur licence and reduce unnecessary bureaucratic regulations. The reform process was led by Ofcom's Steve Roper CEng FIET, a licenced radio amateur, G8MXZ, who had specialised in radio systems engineering and radio wave propagation at the Universiy of Bath.  The consultation was open until 18 August 2005
-  * The consultation document and the ~4,500 responses are available at [[https://web.archive.org/web/20050729085019/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/aradio/|]]
+  * From the outset the RSGB were opposed to the modernisation proposals and encouraged their members to respond to Ofcom consultation to voice their objections. The RSGB stated a Licence for Life was //"inherently dangerous//" {{ :2005-05_radcom_rsgb_fights_threats_to_the_hobby.jpg?linkonly | May 2005 RadCom page 7}}, they even went so far as to place full page adverts in radio magazines like Practical Wireless and Short Wave Magazine declaring that a Licence for Life would mean the end of amateur radio in 5 years
+{{ :2005-06_rsgb_poster_-_ofcom_grim_reaper.jpg?nolink&400 |}}
+  * In addition to the consultation process, on 26 May 2005, MORI sent a questionnaire and accompanying material to 4,500 amateur radio licence holders. The survey sought licensees' views on Ofcom's proposals and also gathered other information such as membership of societies. MORI received 1,572 completed questionnaires by the closing date of 20 June 2005 - [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051028014106/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/classes/amateur/morireport/#content#content|26 October 2005 MORI Report on Amateur Radio Licensing]]
+{{ :2005_mori_amateur_radio_survey.jpg?nolink&400 |}}
+  * The consultation document and the ~1,466 responses are available at [[https://web.archive.org/web/20050729085019/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/aradio/|]]
+  * The [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060425110255/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/aradio/statement/|Amateur radio licensing - Policy Statement]] was published on 14 February 2006
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