Thanks for the link and reminder, i just looked at mine and I'm good. but on this subject, the ACMA never sent me a station License this year and although i paid and i am in the system
i have not got the paper for 14/15 year, so did anyone else have this happen to them?
I never received a renewal notice so I rang them up & they emailed me the renewal that enabled me to pay online & a week of so later I received an invoice that said it had already been paid, then a few days later the licence came in the post.
VK8VTX wrote:Thanks for the link and reminder, i just looked at mine and I'm good. but on this subject, the ACMA never sent me a station License this year and although i paid and i am in the system
i have not got the paper for 14/15 year, so did anyone else have this happen to them?
Joe
VK8VTX
Yes..... well almost yes. About 2 weeks before mine was due for renewal, and I had not received the papers I went to their web site and filled out an on line "contact me back" form That was January 23... Almost 3 weeks ago and I am still waiting to be contacted back !!
Don't you just love a "Communications Authority" that has no idea how to communicate!
Fortunately I had enough information from last year to make the payment on the due date and checking their database shows I am ok, but that does not excuse them from not sending out renewals AND for not answering my on line message.
[quote="VK5NQP"]I never received a renewal notice so I rang them up & they emailed me the renewal that enabled me to pay online & a week of so later I received an invoice that said it had already been paid, then a few days later the licence came in the post.[/quote
This is almost exactly what happened to me. My licence expiry was late January 2015.
The person I spoke at ACMA offered to processed my renewal on the phone which I did and I received the invoice and later the normal licence for the next 12 months.
The problem is clearly with the ACMA systems that are not sending the normal renewal notice. I normally receive mine about 6 to 8 weeks before the licence expires.
This should be something that the WIA has followed up with ACMA. I hope it has been.
BTW John, VK7XX, A phone call is far more likely to get results than an Email.
VK5ZK wrote:
BTW John, VK7XX, A phone call is far more likely to get results than an Email.
Garry VK5ZK
A phone call is planned Gary. I intend to let it go another week and if still no reply, then phone them You can probably imagine how the conversation will go !
b.t.w., in part, their email back to my initial on line enquiry says :-
"Dear John,
Thank you for contacting the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). Your enquiry has been received and will be reviewed by an enquiries officer. A member of our team will contact you regarding your enquiry."
they probably should have added "just don't hold your breath".
My certificate is pinned to the wall in front of the operaing seat , and it's noted a week before the due date in my phone alarm , will be paying 5 years again
Fortunately I do remember my licence renewal date but that's not the point.
ACMA have not sent some renew notices this year and that's not good enough.
This sort of stuff up is why I do a lot of monthly direct debits these days.
I do my Vehicle rego, Insurance, Telstra, electricity, and others.
I find it very convenient.
Surely that wouldn't be too hard to set up.
Or would it.?
After fumbling around the ACMA site I can't see anything specifically related to amateur licences being renewable for 5 years. I vaguely recall some years back something (maybe from the WIA) that it was available, and you simply paid 5 times whatever the renewal fee was.
Can someone steer me towards something specific, or how you go about it? Last year I didn't notice any option on the renewal notice nor the online payment system, but maybe I missed it.
I did find mention of a concession for apparatus licenses renewed for multiple years and this calculator, which when you work through it indicates the 5 year fee would be $354:
Last time I renewed my licence I encountered the same issue regarding a 5 year renewal option.
After a quick call to the ACMA, a custom renewal invoice was emailed to me with the 5 year fee. I was then able to follow the usual renewal process on the ACMA website.
I suggest giving them a call as it appears that the option to renew for 5 years must be processed manually.
Well, Lou, you have a point. However, the bureaucracy does give us our Certificate of Proficiency for life.
In a few other countries (very few), the regulatory regime is viewed very differently. Somewhere along the line, perhaps a view prevailed that "you can't trust those colonials, you know - once they were convicts!"
For those keen on the "licence for life" principle, for one moment, think about applying it to drivers' licences . . .
Just thought I would take the opportunity to update this thread with my Licence renewal experience. I received the Licence Renewal Application from the ACMA about 2 months before my Licence expired. However, no subsequent Renewal was received for me to pay against. I rang ACMA on 1300 850 115 and renewed my Licence using a credit card. I guess it pays to keep track of your Licence currency and not rely on receiving notifications. Otherwise, you might be tuning around one day and find someone calling CQ using "your" call sign!
73 Peter VK3DU.
