{"id":33666,"date":"2024-01-12T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T15:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=33666"},"modified":"2024-01-12T15:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T15:57:49","slug":"rsgb-video-recap-of-ofcom-consultation-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2024\/01\/12\/rsgb-video-recap-of-ofcom-consultation-results\/","title":{"rendered":"RSGB video recap of Ofcom consultation results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0021\/263181\/consultation-amateur-radio-review.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ofcom&#8217;s consultation<\/strong><\/a> on the amateur radio licence last year, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/consultations-and-statements\/category-2\/updating-amateur-radio-licensing-framework\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>released a statement<\/strong><\/a> in December 2023. The statement outlined its decision to update the amateur radio licensing framework to ensure the policies and licences meet the needs of today\u2019s and tomorrow\u2019s radio amateurs, while streamlining the licensing process. It also published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/manage-your-licence\/radiocommunication-licences\/amateur-radio\/amateur-radio-info\/licensing-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>a General Notice<\/strong><\/a>, giving notice of its proposal to vary all amateur radio licences.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JZZCqcL6CSY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB has just released a video<\/strong><\/a> in which RSGB General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB chats to RSGB Spectrum Forum Chair Murray Niman, G6JYB. Murray recaps some of the headline results of the Ofcom consultation, including where changes have occurred to Ofcom\u2019s proposals. They also talk about what this could mean for radio amateurs in the future.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great example of how the RSGB is working <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>not only to defend the spectrum<\/strong><\/a>, but also to support all radio amateurs to understand and make use of the privileges they enjoy through their amateur radio licence.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch this video on the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JZZCqcL6CSY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB\u2019s YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a> or via the Society\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/licencereview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>licence review updates web page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Ofcom&#8217;s consultation on the amateur radio licence last year, it released a statement in December 2023. The statement outlined its decision to update the amateur radio licensing framework to ensure the policies and licences meet the needs of today\u2019s and tomorrow\u2019s radio amateurs, while streamlining the licensing process. It also published a General Notice, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33666","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\/20358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}