UK Ham Radio Guidance Resource

The RSGB Guidance Resource page provides links to useful amateur radio licence guidance

Foundation licence holders can operate from sailing vessels (with optional /M suffix) but only on Internal Waters such as The Solent or Bristol Channel.

The RSGB provides a link to the UK Territorial Sea map which shows these Internal Waters.

RSGB Guidance Resource - http://rsgb.org/main/operating/licensing-novs-visitors/uk-licensing/guidance-resources/

GEO Quarterly Magazine

The December PDF of the weather satellite magazine GEO Quarterly produced by the Group for Earth Observation is now available for free download

The Group for Earth Observations aim is to enable amateur reception of weather and earth imaging satellites that are in orbit or planned for launch in the near future.

GEO recently changed from a paid subscription to an optional sign-up to the GEO-Subscribers Yahoo group.

Download December 2017 GEO Quarterly - http://www.geo-web.org.uk/geoquarterly.php

Norway Ends National FM Broadcasting

Norway has stopped transmitting national radio networks on the FM broadcast band

The three state controlled stations NRK P1-P3 and commercial stations P4 and Radio Norge have ceased broadcasting in the FM band and transmit DAB+ instead. Local stations are still broadcasting on FM.

Only 49% of motorists are able to listen to DAB/DAB+ in their cars, according to DRN figures.

A study cited by local media suggests the number of Norwegians who listen to the radio on a daily basis has dropped by 10% in a year, and the state controlled broadcaster NRK has lost 21% of its audience.

Media Story - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/13/norway-becomes-first-country-to-end-national-radio-broadcasts-on-fm