Ofcom has published a public consultation setting out proposals for updating the terms and conditions of the amateur radio licence – Essex Ham summary here.

Ofcom say: These proposals include changes which would provide amateurs with access to some frequency bands previously available only through the variation of individual licences.

The consultation follows changes announced in our April statement on Public Sector Spectrum Release, where we set out our decision to remove access for amateur radio operators to certain frequencies in the 2300 MHz and 3400 MHz ranges in order to support the release of these bands by the Ministry of Defence.

This consultation, which is likely to be of interest to those in the amateur radio community, closes on October 20, 2014.

Ofcom Amateur Radio Licence Consultation
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/amateur-radio-licence/

PDF at http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/amateur-radio-licence/summary/condoc.pdf

Information on how you can respond to the consultation is at
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/amateur-radio-licence/howtorespond/

Read a summary of the changes at http://www.essexham.co.uk/news/licence-changes-ofcom-consultation.html

A RSGB discussion forum should be opened soon at http://rsgb.org/licencereview