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* UK radio amateurs don't want lifetime licenses, poll indicates: The
majority of the United Kingdom's radio amateurs want to keep the existing
Amateur Radio licensing structure or have longer license terms rather than
switch to a license that's good for life. That's one conclusion of a MORI
poll commissioned by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which regulates
Amateur Radio in the UK. The survey of 1572 hams also revealed that
two-thirds of the respondents believe the current licensing structure to be
"about right." The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) points out that the
poll does not represent the conclusions of Ofcom's still-pending
consultation into the future of Amateur Radio but "just one small part" of
the overall process. "Ofcom is keen to issue Amateur Radio licenses for
life," the RSGB said. "But 52 percent of respondents to the survey said they
prefer either the existing arrangement or an extended renewal period." The
RSGB said the lifetime license proposal was even less popular among its
members, with around two-thirds favoring the current arrangement or longer
terms. Of those who wanted longer license terms, 60 percent preferred a
five-year renewal period, the Society reported. Only 1 percent of the those
surveyed said they wanted to abolish the licensing arrangement altogether.
The full survey report is on the Ofcom Web site
<http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/classes/amateur/morireport
/.
* Deadline is December 31 for WRTC 2006 applicants: The application deadline
for those desiring to participate in World Radiosport Team Championship 2006
(WRTC 2006) is December 31, 2005. The competition of two-person teams from
around the globe will take place next July in the Florianópolis, Brazil,
area in conjunction with the IARU HF World Championship event. Coordinating
WRTC 2006 will be IARU member-society LABRE (Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de
Radio Emissão) and the Araucaria DX Group. Download more information and
applications from the WRTC 2006 General Rules Web page
<http://www.wrtc2006.com/html/web/en/regras.htm. WRTC 2006 organizers
invited ARRL to name two teams to compete in the event. Because the
invitation came as a result of two previous WRTCs having been organized in
the Seattle and San Francisco areas, the ARRL Executive Committee recently
approved a staff recommendation to invite the Western Washington DX Club and
the Northern California Contest Club to name teams.
* TAPR announces election results: Dr David Toth, VE3GYQ, is the new
president of TAPR <http://www.tapr.org/. He succeeds John Ackermann, N8UR.
"Dave will bring new energy and ideas to TAPR, and I look forward to working
with him in his new role," said Ackermann, who will continue as a member of
TAPR's Board of Directors. Re-elected at the TAPR Board of Director's
meeting held September 23-25 during the Digital Communications Conference
were: Steve Bible, N7HPR, vice president; Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, secretary,
and Tom Holmes, N8ZM, treasurer. Bible, Horzepa and Darryl Smith, VK2TDS,
were also re-elected to new three year terms as directors. Toth, a
physician, said he'd be looking to the membership for suggestions on we TAPR
be going and how to get there. "We want to create a fertile playing field
where folks can interact and exchange ideas," he said, and encouraged TAPR
members to contact him directly <ve3gyq@tapr.org.
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Newington, CT 06111; tel 860-594-0200; fax 860-594-0259;
<http://www.arrl.org. Jim Haynie, W5JBP, President.
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