Date : 02 / 01 / 2017 
Author : Peter Mill VK3APO

Australian Communications and Media Authority licence applications for Amateur Radio repeaters and beacons are now handled differently to speed up issuing and reduce errors that may occur.  The ACMA was having a problem with such licences under its SPECTRA system.  All applications for Amateur Radio repeaters and beacons had caused a problem in its software, due to the unique nature of the applications.

At a meeting in Canberra the ACMA explained the problem it had to two WIA representatives.  It was then mutually agreed that the ACMA would receive from the WIA a spreadsheet that had suitable formatting, to make the processing and issuing of licences run very smoothly.