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d) Allow up to 4 weeks for processing.
e) Individual licensees or club licensees (holder of the club licence) will be expected to
provide evidence of having entered at least 5 of the contests listed in a) above within the
last 3 years and having achieved at least one third of the number of contacts as the leader
in the appropriate table. However, in a contest where the licensee achieves more than one
half of the number of contacts as the leader, (rather than one third), this contest will count
as two contests towards the requirement to have entered five contests within the last three
years. The foregoing criteria in this paragraph will not apply to Clubs until after
31 December 2010. Individual licensees wishing to apply for a special contest call sign
should do so with achievements gained under their own individual call sign, but
exceptionally, until 31st December 2010, such applications may include achievements
gained by the licensee as a single-operator using one club Special Contests Call Sign
(club Short Contest Call Sign).
f) Details of the application will be passed to the RSGB’s Contests Committee for a
recommendation on issuing an NoV. Ofcom will treat the RSGB Contests Committee’s
response only as a recommendation. The NoV to the licence is issued by Ofcom to the
holder of the relevant licence.
g) Licences are issued until 31 December 2010 and subsequently every 3 years. If the
licensee wishes to renew the call sign that was issued, a fresh application must be made
within the period of 2 months immediately prior to the expiry date of the NoV. Unless a
fresh application has been submitted in this period, the call sign will be withdrawn for a
period of 2 years prior to it being made available for general re-issue. Please note that
Licensees who hold a special contests call signs NoV can use the following (RSGB’s
Contests Committee) e-mail address to ask for a reminder about their NoV renewal:
chairman@rsgbcc.org. Whilst the RSGB has offered this facility, please note that the onus
is on the licensee in case of a reminder not being received.
h) The policy will normally be reviewed every two years in January unless circumstances
warrant a lesser period. The provision of including special contests call signs for
individuals will run for a trial period of 2 years from January 2010.
i) Ofcom will issue NoVs directly to successful applicants.
Extract of Terms relating to the NoV for use of special contests call signs:
1. Terms and expressions defined in the Licence shall have the same meaning herein except
where the context requires otherwise.
2. The special contests call sign indicated in the Table above shall only be used for the
contests specified at Annex A [a) above] and at no other times.
3. The special contests call sign shall only be used until [XXXXXX]. Unless a fresh application
is made for renewal within the period of 2 months immediately prior to this date, the call sign
will be withdrawn for a period of 2 years and then become available for general re-issue.
4. Where the licence relates to an Amateur Full (Club) Licence, only members of the club may
use the special contests call sign, subject to the conditions in this Licence.
5. A separate log must be kept in respect of the special contests call sign.
6. The appropriate regional secondary locator (if any) should be used. For guidance see
Section 2 of the Licence - “Notes to the licence” - Note (c).
7. The special contests call sign shall not be used outside the United Kingdom.
8. This Notice of Variation together with Annex A overleaf shall be read as integral to the
Licence and both shall be kept with the Licence.
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