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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div><br></div><div>On 12 May we received a message from a regular Client that he had been successful in his application for an RSL for Ramadan for 18 June to 16 July and we have under 8 weeks to make all the necessary arrangements to source equipment, agree terms with the site owner, install studios and transmission and get him on air.</div><div>On the same day we received a message from another equally-valued regular Client that he had been unsuccessful in his application for a 1-day RSL for a high-profile Regatta on 20 June at an International Olympic Rowing Course.</div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">These two events of an entirely different nature and duration were placed in mutual opposition by Ofcom because the applied transmission sites are located just 3,5km apart.</span></div><div>Of course, they cannot possibly use the same frequency at that physical separation.</div><div>They could use 87.7 and 87.9 - or any other combination between 87.6 and 88.1 - we know - it works in practice - but Ofcom won't allow it because of poor receiver selectivity.</div><div>What is more relevant is that Ofcom now is declining to look for or even consider accepting suggestions for any other of the 190-odd possible frequencies that could be used for two short-term low-power applications in the high-profile and high-income Thames Valley - and indeed in many other areas of the UK.</div><div>To add insult to injury, the "Rejection Letter" is written in a curt impersonal form from a "team" - with no proper explanation - no named officer giving the decision - and no signature.</div><div>This is a very bad example of the standards expected in business correspondence.</div><div>Finally - the unsuccessful Applicant believes he will not receive back his £400 Application Fee - even though Ofcom has refused to offer a Licence</div><div>I suggest that this is a despicable situation which cannot be allowed to continue.</div><div>I have asked Ofcom w<span style="font-size: 12pt;">hat it is prepared to do to put things right.</span></div><div><br></div><div><hr id="stopSpelling"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><blockquote dir="ltr" style="PADDING-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;BORDER-LEFT:#000000 2px solid;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="Arial" color="gray" size="2"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div> </div></div><style><!--
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