[44net] Re: Level of Trust Expiration?

I don’t believe we have had paper licences in the UK for 20 years now. I have an account on the OFCOM, so the “Quasi-Autonomous Government Body” (QUANGO) web site. This allows me to download a PDF of my licence, which includes my call sign, licence class and both a station address and a postal address. I checked and the PDF is not secured in any way. So is open to tampering. I also hold a Spanish Licence, EA7KAE, and for this I have a word document, which again appears to be totally unsecured. They also supply a printable ID card embedded in the word document. In both cases the licences do not have an expiry date. Dave From: Peter Hannay via 44net &lt;44net(a)mailman.ampr.org&gt; Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 5:39 AM To: 44net(a)mailman.ampr.org Subject: [44net] Re: Level of Trust Expiration? Just a quick correction to the below, ACMA does indeed still manage call signs, they don't manage licences for individual amateurs though. The call sign register is here: https://www.acma.gov.au/call-signs I'm not sure how we can prove ownership of a particular call sign anymore though. How is this currently handled in the UK? I believe they currently have a similar system to Australia. Cheers Peter VK6HAX On Thu, 16 May 2024, 8:00 am Stuart Longland VK4MSL via 44net, &lt;44net(a)mailman.ampr.org <mailto:44net@mailman.ampr.org> > wrote: On 16/5/24 00:07, Razvan via 44net wrote: Worth noting here… call-sign verification is going to get more difficult for some of us in the future. Here in Australia, amateur radio recently moved (for better or worse) to a class-licensing system wherein the ACMA no longer manages the assignment of call-signs. (Prior to this, it was officially under an apparatus-license scheme, but was effectively policed like a class-license.) This means that over time, call-signs will disappear from the ACMA database. They also haven't issued paper licenses in some 8 years or so. I managed to fish out what will possibly be my last ACMA-issued license prior to the class license taking effect earlier this year. There's debate as to whether the ACMA should continue to keep that information, or whether another body (e.g. the WIA) manage that. So procedures in this space will likely need to be amended over the coming months. Regards, -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere. _______________________________________________ 44net mailing list -- 44net(a)mailman.ampr.org <mailto:44net@mailman.ampr.org> To unsubscribe send an email to 44net-leave(a)mailman.ampr.org <mailto:44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org>