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--- uk-licence-archive [2026/07/06 13:09] – [2005] g3aka
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 {{ :sample_harec_document_2024.pdf | Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate (HAREC) issued 2024}}
+===== 2023 =====
+  * 23 June Ofcom launched their {{ :2023-06-23_consultation-amateur-radio-review.pdf|Public Consultation Document}} on the new amateur radio licence
+  * 24 June [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lRQmUmg1Oc|ICQPodcast interview]] from Friedrichshafen with the RSGB President, Board Chair and the General Manager about the new licence proposal. The RSGB confirmed they had been working with Ofcom feeding in the requirements of UK radio amateurs {{ :2023-06-24_icqpodcast_rsgb-ofcom.jpg?nolink&200 |}}
+  * In their later consultation response the RSGB suggested some additional improvements to the Ofcom proposals which Ofcom accepted, these included:
+    * Increasing Foundation power limit further on HF/VHF/430 MHz from Ofcom's proposed 20 watts to 25 watts and on 2.4/5 GHz increasing proposed power from 1 to 2 watts
+    * Allowing Intermediate holders to operate voice repeaters
+  * When a panel of RSGB Board members were asked if there was anything in Ofcom's proposals they opposed they were unable to think of anything
+  * 8 December Ofcom issued their Consultaion Statement along with an [[https://web.archive.org/web/20250118072314/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/consultations/category-2-6-weeks/263174-amateur-radio-licensing-framework/associated-documents/updating-the-amateur-radio-licensing-framework-overview-of-key-changes?v=330562|Overview of Key Changes ]].  There were 1,443 responses to the consultation and these were published in the {{ :2023-12_revised-amateur-radio-consultation-responses.xlsx | Consultation responses spreadsheet}}
+  * In January 2024 RSGB requested that the new licence should include Foundation and Intermediate maritime operation in International Waters, Ofcom agreed and made the change
 ===== 2021 =====
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       * Mandatory 15 minute Identification requirement scrapped, no longer have to ID every 15 minutes or when changing frequency. It became the responsibility of the licence holder to determine when to identify
     * Ofcom had wished to take advantage of this licence update to correct the error in the December 2006 licence that meant amateurs must use the Main Station callsign with Main Station RSL when visiting other regions within the UK&CD. Ofcom's proposed change meant amateurs would be able to use either the Core UK callsign (no RSL) or use an appropriate RSL when visiting other UK&CD regions. This provoked an outcry (see [[https://web.archive.org/web/20240812092839/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/radio-equipment/amateur-radio-licence/]]) so Ofcom decided not to correct it in this update.  The error wasn't corrected until the 21 February 2024 licence
+===== 2014 =====
+  * 14 September Ofcom launched their [[https://web.archive.org/web/20240812092839/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/radio-equipment/amateur-radio-licence/| public consultantion on an updated amateur radio licence.]]  This consultation arose because of Ofcom's need to remove some 2.3 GHz spectrum from the Amateur Service so it could be auctioned for cell-phone use.  This provided an opportunity to make other changes to the licence
 ===== 2007 =====
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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 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.
+  * 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
-  * 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 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
+  * 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
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-  * 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/|]]
+  * 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
 ===== 2004 =====
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   * {{ :ir-2028_2002-01-25_v1.pdf | IR 2028 Amateur Licence Interface Requirements version 1.0 created 11 July 2001, last modified 25 January 2002}}
-    * Note this document references obsolete licence classes e.g. Class A/B & Novice, Notification number reads "to be added" and Foundation isn't mentioned. Despite that it was made publicly available on the RA's radio.gov.uk site and the Ofcom site in 2004-6
+    * Note this document references obsolete licence classes e.g. Class A/B & Novice, Notification number reads "to be added" and Foundation isn't mentioned. Despite that it was made publicly available on the RA's radio.gov.uk site and later appeared on the Ofcom site in 2004
   * {{ :2001-11-06_changes_to_amateur_radio_class_ab.pdf | Letter from Radiocommunications Agency (RA) offering 'M0' callsigns to former Class A/B holders 6 November 2001}}
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   * {{ ::uk-licence-1995-03.pdf |Amateur Radio Licence (A) or (B) Terms, Provisions and Limitations Booklet BR68 Issue 1 Rev 0 March 1995}}
     * Permitted the sending of Greetings Messages by unlicenced persons using a Club licenced station. Messages could only be sent the amateurs in the UK and Crown Dependencies, United States of America, Canada, Falkland Islands and Pitcairn Island. A person could only send one message which was limited to a maximum of 2 minutes duration
-    * Club licence stations were allocated unique RSL's
+    * Club licence stations were allocated unique RSL's for the purpose of identifying transmission of greetings messages
+===== 1990 =====
+  * {{ :1990-06-01_trimmed_edinburgh_gazette_issue_22769.pdf | 1 June 1990 Amateur Radio Licence (A) or (B) Edinburgh Gazette Notice}}
+  * Allowed unlicenced people to send a Greetings Message from a Club station in the UK and Crown Dependencies to a station in either the United States of America, Canada, Falkland Islands or Pitcairn Island
+  * It's unclear if this licence also introduced special Club RSL's, the Edinburgh Gazette announcement references an RSL list in "note(w)" but that note wasn't published in the Gazette
+===== 1989 =====
+  * {{ :1988-12-30_trimmed_edinburgh_gazette_issue_22479.pdf | 1 January 1989 Amateur Radio Licence (A) or (B) Edinburgh Gazette Notice }}
+  * Incorported CEPT reciprocal operating based on T/R 61-01
+  * Permitted unattended operation on certain bands with a maximum of 25 watts ERP for beacons and 10 watts ERP for digital communication stations e.g. Packet radio store and forward
+  * Scrapped the old Alternative Address suffix "/A"
+  * Added to identification requirements //"(f) by morse telegraphy or telephony at the end of each 30 minute period during which transmissions are being sent from the Station (unless already transmitting in morse telegraphy or telephony)."//
 ===== 1985 =====
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   * {{ ::rsgb-news-bulletin-1984-schedule.pdf | New frequency schedule published by DTI took effect 10 September 1984}}
+    * In previous licences the permited power level had been specified as the DC Input to the final stage of the transmitter but the new licence specified the power at the antenna feedpoint.  RSGB published an article in October 1984 RadCom, pages 873-876, explaining the changes and noting that a linear amplifier could be set to 560 watts output, rather than the then limit of 400 watts, in order to cover coax losses {{ :1984-10_radcom_p876_new_power_limits.jpg?nolink&200 |}}
   * {{ :1984_amateur_radio_exemption_uksi_19841053_en.pdf | Statutory Instrument S.I. 1984/1053 exemption from requiring a licence to receive amateur radio telegraphy or telephony transmissions}}