Website Links
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Associations
Federation of Communication Services
The Trade Association for the mobile communications industry in the UK.
The Communication Management Association
The UK’s premier independent membership body for professionals and organisations focused on exploiting communications, networking and ICT, for business advantage.
Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit
Formed in 1997, the CRRU is a small non-profit research organisation based in northeast Scotland working for the conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises in Scottish waters through scientific investigation, environmental education and the provision of a 24 hour veterinary service for sick, injured and stranded individuals. The charity currently has projects in Scotland, Gibraltar and Thailand, with studies aiming to increase our present knowledge of these enigmatic marine mammals to provide robust scientific data for the adoption of management measures and effective conservation strategies for their future protection.
Cruising Association
Currently the CA has 16 UK sections, from Essex to the Highlands, and Baltic and Mediterranean sections. It organises an extensive programme of lectures, courses and social events primarily during the winter months and rallies in the summer months and publishes an almanac and cruising guides.
Inland Waterways Association
Campaigning for the restoration, use, maintenance, and development of Britain's inland waterways.
Royal Yachting Association
The RYA is the UK’s national association for all forms of recreational and competitive boating, representing sailing, motor cruising, sports boats, windsurfing, inland boating, powerboat racing and personal watercraft.
Radio Amateur Satellite Organisation of the UK (AMSAT)
The organisation for Amateur Radio Satellites in the United Kingdom.
Summits On The Air
Combining amateur radio with hill-walking and mountaineering, SOTA is probably the fastest growing ham radio award programme in the World.
Maritime Volunteer Service
The Maritime Volunteer Service is a recognised national maritime training organisation and a UK registered charity with more than 25 units around the country providing training to nationally and internationally recognised standards, serving local communities especially in times of need or emergency and taking part in resilience exercises ashore and afloat.
Cruising Association of Ireland
The Cruising Association of Ireland - A merry band of sailors with the common interest of cruising. All bound together with a love of the water, memories and friendships to last a lifetime.
Mills On The Air
An annual, international amateur radio event, usually held on the second weekend of May, where radio enthusiasts operate stations from windmills and watermills to promote, support, and celebrate these historic buildings.
Parks On The Air
An international amateur radio award program, where licensed operators set up portable stations in public parks and protected lands to make radio contacts with others.
Training
duck-2-water Training
duck-2-water is a RYA Training centre based in the Southampton and Solent Area. Running frequent SRC VHF/DSC Radio courses all year round both at weekends and during the week.
Dun Laoghaire Powerboat School
Dun Laoghaire Powerboat school is situated in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, with it's large area of sheltered water which is ideal for year round boat training.
Personal Watercraft Partnership
The PWP has been set-up to represent the PWC industry and to provide information and resources to authorities, harbours etc to help them assess potential issues (safety, environment, noise etc) with the use of PWCs in their area and provide tools and information to help manage their use.
RT Training
Operating Marine Transmitters requires an appropriate Radio Operator's certificate. Contact RT Training for Radio Training on ICOM equipment.
Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy
Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is a centre for the sport of sailing on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England, United Kingdom.
Local, national and international sailing events have been held at the site since it was opened in 2000, and in 2005 WPNSA was selected to host the sailing events at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.Ham Tests
Ham Tests allows you to take Mock United Kingdom Amateur (Ham) Radio quizzes using their ever-increasing mock questions pool. There are questions available for the Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced exams.
Slowmorse.com
The Morse Code Learning Resource Website.
Sail Training South West Ltd
We are a Falmouth based RYA Sailing School operating out of Falmouth Haven.
North Oxford Marine Training
Based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, North Oxford Marine Training are an RYA Training Centre offering RYA Accredited Shore-Based and Online training courses.
Official Bodies
Apply for a business radio licence
Ofcom's Online Licensing Service
Business Radio FAQs
Ofcom's frequently asked questions about Business Radio.
Ofcom Business Radio
Information about Business Radio.
Radio Licence Exempt Use
Ofcom is required to exempt radio stations, equipment or apparatus from the need to hold a wireless telegraphy licence where their use is not likely to involve any undue interference to other legitimate use of radio spectrum.
Radio Spectrum and The Law
In the UK the use of any radio transmitting device is required to be either licensed or specifically exempted from licensing under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (WT Act 2006). For mobile telephones, the use of the spectrum by the network operators is licensed to cover the use of transmitters and repeaters which are under their control, while user devices (i.e.handsets) are covered by a general exemption. It should be noted in particular that cellular repeaters / boosters / enhancers are not exempted devices.
Boat Safety Scheme
The BSS was jointly established in 1997 by the Environment Agency and British Waterways to promote safety on the inland waterways in respect of boats, their installations and components.
Environment Agency
The leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales.
HM Revenue & Customs
HMRC is responsible for collecting the bulk of tax revenue.
Irish Coastguard
Home of the Irish Coast Guard
Irish Sailing Association
The Irish Sailing Association is the national governing body for sailing in Ireland.
Irish Water Safety
Irish Water Safety is the statutory voluntary body established to promote water safety in Ireland. We educate people in water safety best practices.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Government agency that promotes safety and standards in the maritime industry.
Ofcom Maritime Homepage
Homepage of Ofcom's Maritime licence.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Official site of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Royal Yachting Association
The governing body for pleasure boating in the United Kingdom.
CAA
Civil Aviation Authority
ARRL News Service
Home of the American Radio Relay League.
Radio Society of Great Britain
The Radio Society of Great Britain is the UK's internationally recognised national society for all radio.
National Independent Lifeboat Association (NILA)
The National Independent Lifeboat Association (NILA) is a charity that was formed in 2022 to promote and support independent lifeboat organisations across the United Kingdom. NILA’s mission is to give a voice, assistance and advice to the growing community of independent lifeboats across the United Kingdom, creating a valued, professional and recognised resource for water-based search and rescue.
Sites of other interest
antennaPRO
antennaPRO, the official distributor for Amphenol Procom throughout the UK, Ireland and Commonwealth.
Supplying the Blue Light, Commercial, Government, IOT, Military, Public Safety, Transport, Security and Utility sectors with Tetra, LMR, Marine and Aviation solutions from the Procom, Skymasts and Jaybeam Wireless portfolio of products - All under one roof!Electronics-notes.com
Electronics Notes: providing accessible reference information about all aspects of electronics and radio for engineers, radio amateurs and students.
Anglers Afloat
AnglersAfloat have been offering help and information to the kayak fishing community since 2003. The site grew from our first kayak project the Ocean Kayak Caper into a host of projects, safety guidance, news, reviews and a busy forum offering advice through its members. AnglesrAfloat has grown with the help and support of its sponsors within the Marine and Kayak industries.
EastCoastPilot.com
The web resource for Imray’s ‘East Coast Pilot’
Sail Mail
Email Service for Yachts.
Visit My Harbour
An online pilotage guide providing timely and detailed information about the various ports, harbours, estuaries, rivers and inlets around the coasts of the UK. Each harbour has pilotage details, free large-scale charts, Quick links to all our nautical charts, and photo galleries. It is designed to be of maximum use to all harbour users and specifically skippers of small craft, power or sail.
Active-elements.org
The www.active-elements.org website holds accessibility evaluations of amateur radio equipment, spoken word manuals, and audio demonstrations. Blind, partially sighted, and amateurs with other disabilities can often use standard equipment that at first glance would seem impossible to operate and can be incredibly resourceful. Active Elements attempts to draw together experience and knowledge gained by disabled operators from all over the world and make it available to anyone with an interest.
Contesting Online
Ham Radio contesting on the net.
D-Starusers.org
Your source for D-Star Digital Information
Electronics and Radio Today
A great e-zine resource for everyone interested in today's electronics and radio. The site gives a huge amount of information about basic electronics and radio topics and it is especially useful for anyone studying electronics. Included on the site are such topics and basic electronics and radio concepts, basic components, simple electronics circuits, radio, ham radio, constructional techniques and much more
ICQ Amateur/Ham Radio Podcast
The ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast is a fortnightly audio broadcast of the latest amateur radio news from around the world, views, technical reviews, events and training.
UKRepeater.net
A web resource for UK amateur radio repeaters both analogue and digital.
www.rigpix.com
Equipment website with info and pictures of everything in our radio hobby, and more. It's been officially online since the year 2000, and is still growing.
DV Scotland
A web resource which is run by Amateur Radio enthusiasts in Scotland with regards to D-STAR, DMR and digital voice modes. A non profit website aiming to help Radio Operators get the best out of the digital side of the hobby.
Cloudhoppers.org
Cloudhoppers events, news and product information.
Flying Visit - World Tour 2020
John Hunters mission to fly a single engine, classic plane around the world discovering how light aviation has influenced people’s lives.
IPK London
Website of Terry 2E0IPK an Amateur radio enthusiast for the last 47 years.
Tech Minds
Video channel dedicated to Ham radio, Software Defined Radio, RF Projects and software.
boatsandoutboards.co.uk
UK online marine marketplace with a selection of over 12,000 boats listed by individuals and professional brokers.
Icom Radio History Through Brochures
We have found this link showing some of our history through radio brochures. If you fancy a nostalgia trip, click here.
Chris Colclough G1VDP
Icom UK Amateur Radio Specialist Chris Colclough documents his experiences and activities within Amateur Radio.
East Scotland Paragliding Club
ESP is a BHPC club (British Hang gliding & Paragliding Council) and is the only PG club in the UK authorized to issue ICAO radio callsigns to its members, (provided of course they hold the required licenses).
Flybubble Paragliding
Run by British Paragliding Team member and Chief Flying Instructor, Carlo Borsattino, Flybubble Paragliding are a British Hand Gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA) Registered Paragliding School, based in Sussex, England.
Lasham Gliding Club
Built for the RAF (Royal Air Force) in 1942 and adopted as a home for gliding in 1950, the airfield now offers facilities which are among the finest in the world.
Official Partners
International Topper Class Association
The ITCA work closely with the RYA to deliver one of the world's most extensive under-16 race training programmes and hosts the Topper National Series. Many of the ITCA's sailors progress from the Topper Class into Olympic, International and National Classes, and the Class is well represented in the Olympic Development Squads.
Oyster Yachts
Oyster Yachts build bluewater sailing yachts, who’s DNA is rooted in over 20 million bluewater sailing miles and more than 90 circumnavigations. From 50 to 120 feet, these luxury cruising sailing boats are the ultimate hybrid adventure machines, well provisioned and hand-crafted from exceptional materials. The brand prides itself on the global family that has grown around the yachts and world class after sales and technical support. Owners are invited to take part in events including the Oyster World Rally to circumnavigate the globe and annual regattas in Palma and Antigua.
Events
Cowes Week
The world's greatest sailing event.
The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC)
A prestigious Amateur radio competition held every four years. Elite enthusiasts from around the world compete on a level playing field (using identical antennas and stations) to showcase their operational skill.