I'll share the Spanish situation:

After passing your exam and paying a fee, you obtain an Authorization with your call sign, this allows you to operate in the ham bands, and is all that is required for portable and mobile operation. It is nowadays (usually) a digitally signed PDF available in two versions: the "classic" one and the "card" format.

Then there is the amateur station licence, which is required to install and operate a fixed station, and is concerned with the legality of your antenna and transmission lines, intereference, and civil engineering concerns (such as wind loads and other stuff about which I know nothing).

If you move or change your personal details, you send an electronic request to the local Telecommunications authority and they send you a new PDF with the data amended. Since the PDFs are digitally signed, one can verify they're genuine by checking them in an official website or checking the validity of the signature in Adobe Reader.

73 de EA4FYQ

On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 2:28 PM Philip Paeps via 44net <44net@mailman.ampr.org> wrote:

On 2024-05-16 12:38:59 (+0800), Peter Hannay via 44net wrote:
> How is this currently handled in the UK? I believe they currently
> have a
> similar system to Australia.

For what it's worth, since Rob PE1CHL has explained how it works in the
Netherlands.

In Hong Kong, licensed amateurs get an "amateur station licence" and an
"authority to operate". The ATO is a small typewritten paper card
(roughly the size of a credit card) and only has a name and a callsign
on it, and is valid for five years. The station licence is a 7-page A4
document setting out the conditions of the licence. It has the
licensee's call sign, full name and address. It does not specify an
expiry date, but must be renewed annually.

When you move, you send your station licence back to OFCA and they amend
it with a typewriter, a chop and a signature.

I guess you could prove the licence is valid by presenting it together
with the most recent renewal receipt. I'm not sure how much water it
holds as a proof of address. :)

Philip
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