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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…
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
The Resilience Capabilities Programme aims to increase the capability to respond to and recover from civil emergencies and provides advice on preparing for a crisis.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to live stream, or view live streams by others.
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
Information on enhancing communications resilience and how we work with telecommunication service providers to manage the risk of disruption to public networks.
Guidance for defence personnel on the use of social media
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
This page provides a collection of online media literacy resources and events.
Ensuring a robust and sustainable future for UK radio and audio.
This environmental resource guide seeks to support the rollout of digital infrastructure in England, by providing greater awareness of climate adaptation, environmental improvements (biodiversity gains), and low carbon considerations. The guide is based on England jurisdiction, but has direct relevance...
How responders can reduce the risk of communications disruption during emergencies by using ResilienceDirect, HITS and Telecoms Sub-Groups.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to ensure that content on your service is appropriate for children.
These include lesson plans for teachers, other resources for the classroom as well as exercises and activities for home learning for both children and adults.
This guidance provides an overview of Project Gigabit and answers to frequently asked questions. It outlines how councillors can use their unique local role to support the deployment of gigabit-capable broadband in their area.
Using recommended patterns for workplace wifi networks and sharing infrastructure.
Ofcom is the regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. It regulates the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate. Ofcom works with the Department for Science,...
How government organisations can work with the Government Digital Service (GDS) to close government websites and move content to GOV.UK.
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