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Maritime weather and tide conditions - navigation equipment, radios and emergency beacons, register a 406 beacon
HM Coastguard regularly broadcasts Maritime Safety Information (MSI) by…
Weather information at sea Find information about conditions at sea from…
You can get navigational information by radio from: navigational warnings,…
Safe navigation is particularly important in adverse weather and sea…
A voyage data recorder (VDR), often known as the ship’s ‘black box’,…
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is a maritime…
A 406 megahertz (MHz) beacon can send a distress signal via satellites to…
Small commercial ships should keep a listening watch on VHF channel 16 for…
Information on the different types of mobile phone base station, and how exposures are measured.
Advertising and sponsorship limits to be removed for the majority of community stations, allowing them to generate more money to reinvest in their operations
Advice on exposure to electromagnetic fields in the everyday environment, including electrical appliances in the home and mobile phones.
This page includes summaries of the winning bids for the Future RAN (FRANC) competition
Emergency alerts are broadcast from mobile phone masts. Find out if your phone or tablet can receive alerts.
British soldiers have successfully tracked, targeted and defeated swarms of drones in the latest trial of a new directed energy weapon developed in the UK.
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Rules for UK and EU broadcasters and video on-demand services
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