https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/aef75882-a5bb-4360-b152-6ab1b7bd7731 Things have just lately improved but for a while late last year processing times for amateur radio exams and callsigns blew out to three to five times longer than mandated performance standards. Here I take a look at the amateur assessment and callsign issue system currently run by the Australian Maritime College for the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Use is made of material obtained through freedom of information (FOI). The material I received will become generally accessible on about 1 February 2021 via https://www.acma.gov.au/foi-disclosure-log (See item No 83). PS: If you liked this video please consider supporting Amateur Radio VK3YE by: Subscribing on YouTube, Checking my books page at https://books.vk3ye.com ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​, Shopping on Amazon via: https://amzn.to/3iiDQXv , or, Shopping on eBay via: https://ebay.us/i9DuWP (then if you buy something I'll get a small commission at no cost to you) Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:59:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/aef75882-a5bb-4360-b152-6ab1b7bd7731 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.