DMR ID
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VK3ELV
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Yes, but they (DMR radio id) need a copy of your license, but we don't have a license anymore. The DMR mob obviously already have a link to the ACMA because it comes up automatically with your license details and expiry date. It doesn't like the fact that the license has expired. "They" the ACMA, can issue you a callsign certificate. I was told that because mine is so old they don't have one, they only have them for recent callsign allocations.
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If you haven't already changed to the class licence, then when your current licence expires you automatically get transferred to the class licence, and then five years after that, you get asked it you wish to retain the licence.
If you choose to transfer before the current licence expires, then you get a pro-rata refund.
From the WIA Website:-
From 19th February 2024 the ACMA issues amateur callsigns. More information can be found on the ACMA website. Link
Callsigns are issued on an ongoing basis. Every five years the ACMA will contact callsign holder via a person's preferred method on contact with the ACMA; email or postal address, seeking confirmation of on-going use. It is important to keep your contact details up to date, as when the ACMA contacts you in regard to your callsign(s) and receives no response after a period of time, they may deem these available for re-allocation.
But the question remains, how do you prove your licence is current to a third party like the DMR radio id
I guess you ask the ACMA for the details? Which you can do using the ACMA assist website.
You have to create an account but you will get the licence expiry details.
go to https://www.acma.gov.au/acma-assist create an account, and select licence details. Mine looks like this.
If you choose to transfer before the current licence expires, then you get a pro-rata refund.
From the WIA Website:-
From 19th February 2024 the ACMA issues amateur callsigns. More information can be found on the ACMA website. Link
Callsigns are issued on an ongoing basis. Every five years the ACMA will contact callsign holder via a person's preferred method on contact with the ACMA; email or postal address, seeking confirmation of on-going use. It is important to keep your contact details up to date, as when the ACMA contacts you in regard to your callsign(s) and receives no response after a period of time, they may deem these available for re-allocation.
But the question remains, how do you prove your licence is current to a third party like the DMR radio id
I guess you ask the ACMA for the details? Which you can do using the ACMA assist website.
You have to create an account but you will get the licence expiry details.
go to https://www.acma.gov.au/acma-assist create an account, and select licence details. Mine looks like this.
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I just noticed, that if (after you create an account on ACMA assist), you go to "Radio Communications licences" and then click on the licence number you get a page that has the older PDF version of the licence. So you can download the pdf and use that as verification.
VK3ELV
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I finally created an account (it used to be faster to drive to Benalla) It says my callsign expires on 19/02/2029. On "Radio Communication Licences " it says my license expired on 5/10/2024 and when I click on that it brings to the RRL page and says, " no such license".
I thought about getting a DMR ID as VK3RWC, I have a licence for that, but I guess that would confuse the DMR people even more.
I think it may be easier to drive to Canberra and back.
I thought about getting a DMR ID as VK3RWC, I have a licence for that, but I guess that would confuse the DMR people even more.
I think it may be easier to drive to Canberra and back.
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