{"id":10904,"date":"2014-09-12T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T12:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=10904"},"modified":"2014-09-12T12:36:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T12:36:01","slug":"updating-amateur-radio-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2014\/09\/12\/updating-amateur-radio-licence\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating the Amateur Radio Licence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-10883\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2014\/09\/ofcom-building-and-logo.png\" alt=\"Ofcom building and logo\" width=\"187\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2014\/09\/ofcom-building-and-logo.png 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2014\/09\/ofcom-building-and-logo-150x105.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/>The current form of the amateur licence has been around for several years and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> is keen to ensure that it continues to meet its regulatory needs.<\/p>\n<p>A consultation paper entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk\/binaries\/consultations\/amateur-radio-licence\/summary\/condoc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Updating the Amateur Radio Licence<\/em><\/a> (35-page, 264KB PDF) has now been issued, and all amateurs are encouraged to read it carefully and respond to Ofcom by 20 October.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB has put together a <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/licensing-novs-visitors\/licence-review\/uk-amateur-licence-review-rsgb-commentary\/\">brief commentary<\/a> to help illustrate some of the more significant changes proposed and, additionally, we have opened a <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.thersgb.org\/index.php?forums\/ofcom-licence-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">discussion forum<\/a> in which any amateur can participate.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB will use contributions to the forum to inform its response to Ofcom.<\/p>\n<p>Go to<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/licencereview\/\"> www.rsgb.org\/licencereview<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current form of the amateur licence has been around for several years and Ofcom is keen to ensure that it continues to meet its regulatory needs. A consultation paper entitled Updating the Amateur Radio Licence (35-page, 264KB PDF) has now been issued, and all amateurs are encouraged to read it carefully and respond to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}