ACMA cancels Amateur Radio licence

[G4TUT]

ACMA cancels Amateur Radio licence

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has canceled an amateur radio station licence following an investigation that uncovered continuing breaches by the licensee.

Under the Radiocommunications Act 1992, the ACMA can suspend or cancel an amateur licence if the licensee contravenes a condition of the licence. In the case of the recent cancellation, crucial information was provided by other radio amateurs that alerted the ACMA to the ongoing non-compliance and assisted the investigation.

In this case, the breaches included causing interference to other stations, failing to use a call sign and transmitting an unmodulated carrier.

The ACMA made the decision to cancel the amateur licence when other compliance and enforcement measures had failed. The ACMA say in their reporting that every effort had been made to assist, encourage and educate the licensee to understand the importance of compliance with licence conditions. Despite repeated warnings to the licensee, the ACMA found that non-compliance continued over an extended period of time.

The WIA has welcomed the action taken by the ACMA. "While it is extremely unusual for amateurs to ignore their obligation to comply with the law, the fact is that there have been instances of extreme behaviour that requires enforcement action. This action by the ACMA should remind us all that it will act when necessary" said WIA President, Michael Owen VK3KI.


It is good to see the Australian regulator acting to enforce Amateur Radio regulations. In the UK, it would appear that in recent years, not a single Radio Amateur has been prosecuted, fined or had their licence withdrawn.

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[WB4AEJ]

Why don't they tell us who the individual was?



Fred, WB4AEJ

[GI0AQD]

IT IS GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE SO CALLED HAMS WHO DO THIS SORT OF THING .I VERY MUCH WISH SOME THING WOULD GET DONE IN NORTHERN IRELAND ABOUT BREACHES INCLUDEING CALL SIGNS THEY JUST MAKE UP, OR NO CALL SIGNS CAUSING INTERFERENCE,
UNMODULATED, CARRIERS AND MUCH MUCH MORE.GI0AQD DAVID

[VK2AKG]

Why don't they tell us who the individual was?



Fred, WB4AEJ

privacy laws.

73 Frank vk2akg

[AH6OY]

OK it's easy then to understand some privacy law dropping the name, but how about what the operator was doing to violate the regulations. Liking this story to a news paper front page like this being on the front page of QRZ then it would be like the front page saying a policeman made an arrest today and end of story.

[W7BEC]

OK it's easy then to understand some privacy law dropping the name, but how about what the operator was doing to violate the regulations. Liking this story to a news paper front page like this being on the front page of QRZ then it would be like the front page saying a policeman made an arrest today and end of story.

According to today's Amateur Radio Newsline he was operating at 3100 watts while the legal limit for his license was 500 watts.

[WA7PRC]

... how about what the operator was doing to violate the regulations.

It looks like he posted the reasons:

In this case, the breaches included causing interference to other stations, failing to use a call sign and transmitting an unmodulated carrier.

73,
Bryan WA7PRC

[GW7AAV]

According to today's Amateur Radio Newsline he was operating at 3100 watts while the legal limit for his license was 500 watts.

I know some of you guys don't get out much but New Zealand is not Australia. Different country and case OM. Suggest you buy a atlas or consult Google maps.

[W7JZE]

Why don't they tell us who the individual was?

Fred, WB4AEJ

Copied from abt 1/4 of the way down the page:

http://www.cqhq.co.uk/

Lots more at the above linked site

When will people learn? Bragging about doing daft things that also happen to be illegal is going to get you in trouble. Alan Potter (no relation to Harry), ZL3II has just been fined $1750 ($1164 USD) and $130 ($86 USD) and had his equipment confiscated for costs for running 3.1 kilowatts, which is slightly more than the 500 watts his New Zealand licence allowed. The problem was Alan posted a video on YouTube. Bad move Alan... (more...)...

[WA8LGM]

To paraphrase Mark Twain:

God loves a fool;
God protects a damned fool;
But nobody loves a God Damned Fool.

To further quote another criminal of American past:
I'm too smart for them. They'll never catch me.
--- John Dillinger

I personally think that the punishment fits the crime, at least in most cases.

73! de