{"id":31962,"date":"2023-04-21T00:33:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T23:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=31962"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T10:05:02","slug":"licence-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/news\/special-focus\/licence-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Licence Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Wednesday 21 February 2024 Ofcom released a document<\/strong><\/a> that sets out its “decision to update the amateur radio licensing framework to ensure the policies and licences meet the needs of today and tomorrow\u2019s radio amateurs, while streamlining the licensing process”<\/em>. The new licence conditions take effect from that date. Ofcom also released new guidance to accompany the revised terms.<\/h4>\n

Previously, alongside their December-2023 consultation statement, Ofcom had published a Summary of the Changes (PDF)<\/strong><\/a>; this gives a high level overview of the policy changes Ofcom has made to the amateur radio licensing framework.<\/h4>\n

Also in December, Ofcom published its General Notice<\/strong><\/a>, giving notice of its proposal to vary all amateur radio licences, which had a deadline for representations of 22 January 2024. As detailed in the 2024 decision above, this did result in a few modest changes.<\/h4>\n

Note: One of the key changes resulting from the consultation is a new document, ‘Notice of Coordination & Procedures’<\/strong>, that includes additional licence conditions and replaces the former Schedule-2 for some bands (such as 70cm and 23cm), to ensure the protection of other radio users from Amateur Radio transmissions.<\/h4>\n

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