16 May
2024
16 May
'24
7:27 a.m.
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