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RAYNET
Amateur Radio
Emergency
Communications
in the United Kingdom
Paul Gaskell, G4MWO, RCVS National Coordinator
Radio Society of Great Britain
David Smith, G8IDL, Emergency Planning Team,
The Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network
RAYNET
RAYNET is the UK’s National
Amateur Radio Emergency
Communications Organisation
Its name is made up from
The RA(Y)dio Amateurs’ Emergency
NETwork
Amateur Radio Emergency
Communications in the UK and the
Licence Regulations
Amateur Radio in the UK is now regulated by
OFCOM
The Office of Communications
(this includes the previous RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS AGENCY)
The UK Licence permits us to pass third-party traffic
for the following organisations –
these are called ‘THE USER SERVICES’
USER SERVICES
The UK Licence permits us to pass third-party traffic
for the following - these are called ‘The User Services’
Any United Kingdom
POLICE force, FIRE, AMBULANCE service or HEALTH Authority
CHIEF EMERGENCY PLANNING OFFICERS (Local & Regional Levels)
HM COASTGUARD,
ANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY, ST JOHN AMBULANCE,
ST ANDREW’S AMBULANCE (Voluntary Ambulance Services)
WOMEN’S ROYAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE, the SALVATION ARMY
UTILITY SERVICES (Gas, Water, Electricity etc)
RAYNET
The Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network
The Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network
David Smith G8IDL, CEng FIEE
Emergency Planning Team
RAYNET was formed following the East
Coast Floods in 1953, when radio amateurs
first provided emergency communications.
RAYNET
ORGANISATION
The United Kingdom is
split into a number of
areas – called ZONES –
and each has its own
Zonal Co-ordinator.
RAYNET Organisation
Member
Group
County/Area
Zone
Committee of Management
RAYNET Organisation
Committee of Management
Emergency Planning
Finance
Information Systems
Media
Supplies
Technical
Training
What have we done?
RAYNET has provided additional communications at major
incidents, including:
Lockerbie
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We have assisted with
Flooding incidents
Major
telecommunications
disruption
Pollution disasters
We also provide safety communications for
large-scale community events, such as:
• London Marathon
• Mildenhall Air Fete
• Great North Run / Great South Run
• Many charity cycle rides
• Long-distance walks and orienteering
Flora London Marathon 2005
• Endurance horse rides
Womens 10km run , Glasgow
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Mildenhall Air Fete
How we train
RAYNET personnel provide additional safety
communications for local fun runs, marathons,
car rallies and a wide variety of events,
whereby message passing, engineering skills
and operational procedures can be tried and
tested.
Aerial rigging for
RAYNET Control
Message handling on an event
RAYNET Training
weekend, EP College,
Easingwold
What do we offer?
In times of major civil emergency, existing communications
can become rapidly overloaded.
RAYNET can offer:
• Additional flexible communications links to complement
established systems
• Members who come from a variety of backgrounds and can bring
a wide range of skills, knowledge and expertise
• Established local contacts
• A national 24hr emergency contact telephone number
RAYNET in the future
• Increased liaison between RAYNET and the
Radio Society of Great Britain
• Increased discussion with Central
Government
To deliver the country’s needs
now and in the future
RAYNET
The Radio Society of Great Britain
RAYNET & Amateur Radio
Emergency
Communications in the UK
RAYNET
Specialist Organisation
THE RADIO AMATEURS’
EMERGENCY NETWORK
LIAISON
&
JOINT
Radio Society of Great Britain
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
VOLUNTARY SERVICES
APPROACHES
LIAISON WITH
LIAISON WITH
THE USER SERVICES
THE UK’s
&
RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS
UK GOVERNMENT
REGULATOR
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES
OFCOM
SECRETARIAT
& IARU
The Radio Communications
Voluntary Services (RCVS)
Concept
http://www.raynet-uk.net
RAYNET – The Radio Amateurs Emergency Network
Weblinks
The RSGB’s Emergency Communications Webpages
http://www.rsgb.org/emergency/
Questions