Hi Dave.
That's the problem. In Australia now, there is no longer any document of any kind issued to attest callsign use/ownership. None.
Long story short, it's basically an honour system now: a class license, like the FCC part 95 in the US.
Many of us still have various forms of certificate from when we passed our exams, but they're not linked to any callsign.
73
Gavin
VK6HGR
On 2 November 2024 10:49:26 am AWST, Dave Gingrich via 44net <44net@mailman.ampr.org> wrote:
Just send us a copy of the PDF document. All we are trying to do is verify your callsign exists, and it is associated with you.
FCC stopped sending paper licenses out to U.S. Hams long ago as well.
44net is not going to disappear from Australia, honest.
On Nov 1, 2024, at 21:51, Stuart Longland VK4MSL via 44net <44net@mailman.ampr.org> wrote:
Hi all,
I noticed this morning there was a notification that my callsign verification was due to expire in a few months time.
The ACMA stopped sending paper licenses back in 2016, going digital-only with a PDF you download from the website (with no authentication).
In 2024 they moved the Amateur Radio service from being an apparatus-licensed service for which we pay an annual fee and receive (as a PDF) a soft-copy of the license; to a class-licensed system wherein there is no license fee, and no license issued of any kind. Glorified CB essentially.
Force-Majeure… these are circumstances beyond my control.
What verification evidence does the ARDC accept? Or should we prepare for 44net to disappear from Australia's packet radio networks forever?
Regards,
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Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)
I haven't lost my mind...
...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.