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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 page includes summaries of the winning bids for the Future RAN (FRANC) competition
Advice on exposure to electromagnetic fields in the everyday environment, including electrical appliances in the home and mobile phones.
Dstl ensures the UK armed forces have the required weapons capability through research, development and demonstration of advances in science and technology.
Using recommended patterns for workplace wifi networks and sharing infrastructure.
HM Coastguard is replacing the radio network, that connects 165 remote sites, to aid search and rescue operations around the UK.
Dstl ensures the UK can develop and exploit new sensor technologies for our defence and security, to find and assess potential threats and give information to decision-makers.
Information on how to use a High Integrity Telecommunications System.
Service providers or government departments installing networking technologies in government shared buildings, known as hub buildings.
This page includes summary of the winning bid for the UK & Republic of Korea (ROK) Open RAN R&D collaboration competition.
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