{"id":43006,"date":"2025-10-17T16:32:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=43006"},"modified":"2025-10-17T17:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:06:13","slug":"ofcom-implements-phases-2-and-3-of-the-amateur-radio-licence-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2025\/10\/17\/ofcom-implements-phases-2-and-3-of-the-amateur-radio-licence-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom implements Phases 2 and 3 of the amateur radio licence review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the introduction of the current amateur licensing framework in February 2024, Ofcom has now implemented most of the remaining changes associated with Phases 2 and 3.<\/p>\n<p>The updates to Ofcom&#8217;s online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/spectrum\/radio-equipment\/amateur-radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>licensing portal<\/strong><\/a> accommodate applications for new M8\/M9 Intermediate call signs, more flexible Special Event call signs, and other changes which include easier revalidation. It also starts a gradual move to single personal call signs. For example, the revocation of lower licence call signs is automatically triggered by a new application.<\/p>\n<p>Both Ofcom and the RSGB have released guidance for radio amateurs about these changes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/licensing-novs-visitors\/uk-licensing\/guidance-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>You can see both documents on the RSGB website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please also note\u00a0that the Ofcom licensing portal now requires longer and stronger passwords, so you may need to reset yours first before you can make any changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the introduction of the current amateur licensing framework in February 2024, Ofcom has now implemented most of the remaining changes associated with Phases 2 and 3. The updates to Ofcom&#8217;s online licensing portal accommodate applications for new M8\/M9 Intermediate call signs, more flexible Special Event call signs, and other changes which include easier revalidation. [&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-43006","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\/43006","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=43006"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43108,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43006\/revisions\/43108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}