{"id":43163,"date":"2025-10-24T11:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=43163"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:47:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:47:28","slug":"ofcom-has-updated-its-main-guidance-document","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/rsgb-notices\/2025\/10\/24\/ofcom-has-updated-its-main-guidance-document\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom has updated its main guidance document"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/licensing-novs-visitors\/uk-licensing\/guidance-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ofcom\u2019s recent implementation of Phases 2 and 3<\/strong><\/a> of the amateur radio licence review, it has updated its main guidance document.<\/p>\n<p>Please ensure you use the October 2025 edition so that you are using the latest information.<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom has also clarified that if you hold a Special Contest Call sign NoV and you change your individual or club call sign, the SCC NoV is still valid. This is because your Full Amateur Radio Licence reference number has not changed.<\/p>\n<p>If you do hold an SCC NoV and you have changed your individual or club call sign, please send an email to <strong>scc@rsgb.org.uk<\/strong> stating your old call sign, your new call sign and your SCC, so the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/contest-support-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB Contest Support Committee<\/strong><\/a> Chair can update the issued SCC list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Ofcom\u2019s recent implementation of Phases 2 and 3 of the amateur radio licence review, it has updated its main guidance document. Please ensure you use the October 2025 edition so that you are using the latest information. Ofcom has also clarified that if you hold a Special Contest Call sign NoV and you change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43163","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\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43181,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43163\/revisions\/43181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}