UK Amateur Radio

Foundation Licence 2002

Nature of Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio is for self-training and experimentation in radio communications and unlike other radio services is non-commercial in nature.

Amateur Radio is of value in areas of:-

  • Technical innovation

  • Emergency communications

  • Development of skills for the United Kingdom

  • International friendship

  • Recreational activity in a time of increasing leisure time

The Foundation Licence an entry level to Amateur Radio in UK designed primarily for those who are entirely new to the hobby.

The picture below show to the right the Record of Achievement (purple) which candidates have to complete the assignments as detailed during the course and to the left the Examination completion slip which it is hoped all candidates will achieve.

 

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