Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio is the hobby of using designated Frequency bands to communicate with other licensed Radio Amateurs around the world. This can be for experimentation, training, or just a good chat with someone thousands of miles away! Amateur Radio also provides a service, aiding emergency services with communication networks whenever need arises.

More Information for newcomers to the hobby can be found at the Radio Society of Great Britain.

For those who like to see Wikipedia's view: here.

Information on Licensing, the various Classes and how to obtain them can be found on our wiki here.

Club Activity

We are a young club, so we are pursuing anything suggested by our members and trying new ideas whenever we can. Many of our members are freshly licensed so we have yet to try everything!

Operating as our Club Station, G3KMI, we have so far participated in the following:

• HF (mainly 20m)
  • SSB DX
  • PSK31 DX
  • SSTV
• 2m (144 MHz)
  • FM Simplex
  • DSSTV nets
  • Local Repeater nets

Licensing

In order to transmit on the Amateur Radio frequency bands, you would need to obtain an Amateur Radio License. In the UK these are managed by Ofcom, however the Qualification for these is obtained by a set of Examinations, both written and practical, that are run by Local Clubs under the authority of the RSGB.

For more information on the relevant Licenses and how they can be obtained, click here.