Aries
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Has anyone had any success with the new OFCOM radio licensing online process, or is it just me finding it confusiing?
Ships radio Licencing - New OFCOM process
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Solitaire
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It's not a problem to use. I trust you have your user ID? I changed ownership details and got an MMSI number issued on an existing call sign with no problem. Only difficulty I had was downloading the PDF file in IE - used Firefox and it was not a problem.
VicS
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Oh God not again.
The only confusing bit is how to get from the last page (p9 for a Ships licence or p3 for a portable T number licence) of the application form to the next section.
Read this recent thread http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1318895/an/0/page/1#1318895 and see my notes on completing the application form
Follow the link you will find in there to an earlier thread I started after successfully getting my licence and read that.
Do a search of Scuttlebutt and Reader to reader back through the last 4 or 5 months to read all the rubbish that has been posted about it and to find links to the rellevant bits of the main Ofcom site.
Remember that the new system is for appying for new licences. Existing valid ones will be replaced free of charge in due course by the lifetime ones.
However if you do still have any specific questions do please ask as I am sure I have explored all aspects of this.. just getting tired of typing the same stuff over and over.
The only confusing bit is how to get from the last page (p9 for a Ships licence or p3 for a portable T number licence) of the application form to the next section.
Read this recent thread http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1318895/an/0/page/1#1318895 and see my notes on completing the application form
Follow the link you will find in there to an earlier thread I started after successfully getting my licence and read that.
Do a search of Scuttlebutt and Reader to reader back through the last 4 or 5 months to read all the rubbish that has been posted about it and to find links to the rellevant bits of the main Ofcom site.
Remember that the new system is for appying for new licences. Existing valid ones will be replaced free of charge in due course by the lifetime ones.
However if you do still have any specific questions do please ask as I am sure I have explored all aspects of this.. just getting tired of typing the same stuff over and over.
Aries
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Sorry re the Oh God not again. I did a search on 'radio license' and nothing came up.
Anyway thanks for the reply and the information.
Anyway thanks for the reply and the information.
Danny Jo
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Ofcom have sent me a new licence to replace the one that is about to go out of date. I was impressed, 'cos I hadn't even asked for one.
Mark
Mark
VicS
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re the Oh God not again
[/ QUOTE ] I'm not normally one of the grumpy ones but honestly this topic has been on either R2R or S'butt almost continuously since last October.
Searching for "radio licence" rather than "....license" might have been for profitable and seaching for "Ofcom" will certainly be productive (Licence is the noun, license is the verb, easy to remember if you think of advice and advise ...... and the adverb is licensing so your topic heading should be "Ships Radio Licensing". Maybe even "Ships' Radio Licensing".) /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
re the Oh God not again
[/ QUOTE ] I'm not normally one of the grumpy ones but honestly this topic has been on either R2R or S'butt almost continuously since last October.
Searching for "radio licence" rather than "....license" might have been for profitable and seaching for "Ofcom" will certainly be productive (Licence is the noun, license is the verb, easy to remember if you think of advice and advise ...... and the adverb is licensing so your topic heading should be "Ships Radio Licensing". Maybe even "Ships' Radio Licensing".) /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
VicS
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Ofcom have sent me a new licence to replace the one that is about to go out of date. I was impressed, 'cos I hadn't even asked for one.
[/ QUOTE ] That is what they said they would do. Still be impressed that they did do it though!
If you need to make any changes eg to add new equipment, register a change of address etc you will be able to do it free of charge via the new system so at some stage it will be worth registering with it perhaps. If you do so you will find your new licence there and if you want you should be able to print out a spare copy.
Ofcom have sent me a new licence to replace the one that is about to go out of date. I was impressed, 'cos I hadn't even asked for one.
[/ QUOTE ] That is what they said they would do. Still be impressed that they did do it though!
If you need to make any changes eg to add new equipment, register a change of address etc you will be able to do it free of charge via the new system so at some stage it will be worth registering with it perhaps. If you do so you will find your new licence there and if you want you should be able to print out a spare copy.
TheBoatman
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Vic
Like you I'm fed up with this thread, seems to have been running for years. BUT in all this confusion I can't remember the rules for keeping an existing licence going.
I have 6 vhf licences registered in my name and they are starting to be replaced without me doing anything - lifetime versions just turn up in the post.
My question is "what is the time frequency that I have to inform Ofcom that I'm still alive, so is the boat & radio and no details have changed" - I've heard various time spans from 1 to 5 yrs.
Would be grateful of any help!
Peter.
Like you I'm fed up with this thread, seems to have been running for years. BUT in all this confusion I can't remember the rules for keeping an existing licence going.
I have 6 vhf licences registered in my name and they are starting to be replaced without me doing anything - lifetime versions just turn up in the post.
My question is "what is the time frequency that I have to inform Ofcom that I'm still alive, so is the boat & radio and no details have changed" - I've heard various time spans from 1 to 5 yrs.
Would be grateful of any help!
Peter.
graham
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I have printed off a new license from the website for free. Dont lose your username notice or forget your password and its fairly straightforward. make sure you answer all the obligatory questions and it doesnt take 10 minutes.
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Because some people like to be just a bit smug, and have a whinge Graham?.........As to the search facility in these forums?............... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
TJAGAIN
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does this free licence apply to someone who has bought a boat already with an old type licence? the old licence being registered to the previous ownner.
FWB
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The licence is not transferable. You must apply for one in your own name.
Vagabond
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I can't seem to even get an ID.
I applied via the web site in Dec and nothing came, I applied at the boat show on their PC as my details went missing and still nothing has come..... I've now emailed them.
I applied via the web site in Dec and nothing came, I applied at the boat show on their PC as my details went missing and still nothing has come..... I've now emailed them.
Jonny_H
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I've just bought a new boat - don't have the old licence to hand - so went to the OFCOM website and registered as a user. Login details arrived within a week.
Then went onto the web and worked through the form (all worked fine on IExplorer), after about 5 mins of answering questions - hey presto a licence appears in PDF format ready for printing - this has an MMSI number and call sign included.
Seemed fairly straight forward - my boat doesn't currently have a DSC radio, so when the new one arrives I'll put the newly issued MMSI number in - I expect this process would be complicated if you buy a boat with a DSC and have to try and get your new MMSI registered on the existing radio (I believe this is quite hard to do /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif)
Jonny
Then went onto the web and worked through the form (all worked fine on IExplorer), after about 5 mins of answering questions - hey presto a licence appears in PDF format ready for printing - this has an MMSI number and call sign included.
Seemed fairly straight forward - my boat doesn't currently have a DSC radio, so when the new one arrives I'll put the newly issued MMSI number in - I expect this process would be complicated if you buy a boat with a DSC and have to try and get your new MMSI registered on the existing radio (I believe this is quite hard to do /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif)
Jonny
VicS
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I expect this process would be complicated if you buy a boat with a DSC and have to try and get your new MMSI registered on the existing radio
[/ QUOTE ] I cannot remem for sure without going back and looking at the application form again but I thought there was provision to enter an exiting MMSI number just is there is provision to enter an existing callsign. (That does not work though if the old licence has been allowed to lapse and has been dead for some time.)
I expect this process would be complicated if you buy a boat with a DSC and have to try and get your new MMSI registered on the existing radio
[/ QUOTE ] I cannot remem for sure without going back and looking at the application form again but I thought there was provision to enter an exiting MMSI number just is there is provision to enter an existing callsign. (That does not work though if the old licence has been allowed to lapse and has been dead for some time.)
graham
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Sorry Smiffy ,I edited my post as you were replying. I didnt want to sound like a whinger /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Stork_III
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New system requires you to confirm details still current every 10 years.
Solitaire
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I expect this process would be complicated if you buy a boat with a DSC and have to try and get your new MMSI registered on the existing radio (I believe this is quite hard to do )
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If you buy a boat with a DSC radio and it has an MMSI number then that number will stay. It is only the name of the owner that should change. The call sign and MMSI number remains with the vessel (or should) through changes of ownership or name. You can not just "transfer" your boat's existing MMSI number over.
Technically, if your "new" boat did have a licence then you should not have registered it again!
I expect this process would be complicated if you buy a boat with a DSC and have to try and get your new MMSI registered on the existing radio (I believe this is quite hard to do )
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If you buy a boat with a DSC radio and it has an MMSI number then that number will stay. It is only the name of the owner that should change. The call sign and MMSI number remains with the vessel (or should) through changes of ownership or name. You can not just "transfer" your boat's existing MMSI number over.
Technically, if your "new" boat did have a licence then you should not have registered it again!
TheBoatman
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Thanks for that!
Peter.
Peter.
Solitaire
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The new license is valid for a minimum of 10 years. If you make any additions, for example adding an EPIRB or upgrading from a non DSC set to a DSC one or adding radar then the details should be added/amended at the time - not "left" for 10 years!!!
