Licence FAQ

We thought that it may be helpful to have a breakdown of requirements and conditions of the testing and licence processes, so we've produced the tables below to give you an idea of what to expect. You can view a sample copy of the UK Amateur Radio Licence here (PDF®: 150Kb: link will open in a new window).

Where: “*” is a Regional Identifier, as per the table below (the “G series” of callsigns is now full) and “AAA" is a sequence of letters in the range AAA-ZZZ

England	M	2E	G
Guernsey	MU	2U	GU
Isle of Man	MD	2D	GD
Jersey	MJ	2J	GJ
N. Ireland	MI	2I	GI
Scotland	MM	2M	GM
Wales	MW	2W	GW

The dates for the remaining Advanced Exam sessions for 2010 and sessions for 2011 are as follows:

> Wednesday 21 April at 18:30
> Thursday 17 June at 18:30
> Friday 6 August at 18:30
> October 2010 TBC - the exam will be facilitated at the RSGB Convention 8-10 October 2010
> Monday 22 November at 18:30
>Tuesday 1 February 2011 at 19.00
> Wednesday 6 April 2011 at 19.00
> Thursday 16 June 2011 at 19.00
> Friday 5 August 2011 at 19.00
> October 2011 TBC - the exam will be facilitated at the RSGB Convention
> Monday 5 December 2011 at 19.00