There are many changes in the syllabus for September 2024
and onwards examinations, so you will need the latest copy of 
as published by the RSGB and it will be referred to in this web
site.
Please note that you need to know the licence conditions for the Foundation Licence as the Intermediate licence conditions here will only show the additional learning for you.
1A2 Recall the restrictions applicable to Intermediate licensees in operation from a ship or aircraft
The Intermediate Licence now lets us operate from an aircraft with 500mW EIRP with the
permission of the person in charge of the aircraft which is normally the captain. You must also
comply with any conditions they request. (Equivalent isotropic radiated power, EIRP, is the
total radiated power from a transmitter antenna which includes any gain from the antenna.
It us only in the bands in which we have Primary use, and only applies to the UK and its
Crown Dependencies.
The same rules apply to operating from a UK registered ship or aircraft within our 12 mile
limit from shore.
The rules do NOT allow operating in non-UK registered ships or aircraft, nor operating within the
territorial waters or airspace of a foregn country.
1A3 Recall the conditions related to Variation to and Revocation of Amateur Licences; i.e. failure to advise change of name, address and confirmation of licensee details.
Once you have passed the Intermediate Examination and obtained your Intermediate Licence it will stay enforce unless it is revoked by Ofcom, which means that you can lose the benefit of the licence if you breach any of the licence terms if the Secretary of State directs that this should occur. It is known that Ofcom must give you notification in writing and this can be by email and Ofcom can publish your revocation of licence.
But there is another way that you can lose your licence and that is if you do not update / confirm your licence details with Ofcom at least every 5 years. The details which need to be updated / confirmed are your name, your contact address of your station
So even though the licence is for life you must advise Ofcom of any change to the Licensee's Name, Main station address or mailing address. Note the words "immediate" notice so it is not prior nor after but immediate so may be this means on the day of changes!!
Do something wrong and Ofcom has the power to revoke your licence. Now as confirming your licence details at least every five years is a licence condition then not doing so could lead to revocation.
Loosing your licence by
revocation can be very difficult to get back.
see more on this in
in the first column.
1B1 Understand the meaning of direct supervision, duties of the supervisor and need for the operator to comply with the licence.
Another amateur may use your equipment using their own callsign, or use it using your callsign under your supervision. Only if the station is supervised by a full licensee can you operate with all the priveleges of the full licence holder using his callsign but if you use your own Intermediate callsign then you can only operate using your own licence ts4erms and conditions.
If you are supervising another amateur then you must be present and able to intervene immediately should your assistence be required. That operator is using your callsign and must adhere to the terms of your licence even if the operator has a higher licence.
1C1 Recall that
in an International disaster messages may be passed,
internationally, on behalf of non-licensed persons.
Recall that non-amateur stations involved in international
disaster communications may also be heard on amateur
frequencies.
The above is self explanatory, but you must not transmit your usual amateur transmissions on the disaster frequency.
1C2 Recall that the licensee may pass messages on behalf of a User Service and may permit a member of the User Service to use the Radio Equipment to send messages.
You may allow the passing of messages by the Users services through you or by them doing it directly in an emergency or on exercise.
Recall the identity of the User Services.
"User Service" includes the British
Red Cross, St John Ambulance, the St Andrew's Ambulance
Association, the Women's Royal Voluntary Service, the
Salvation Army, any Government Department, any "Category 1",
and any "Category 2" responder as defined in the Civil
Contingencies Act 2004. See the note below !!
Recall that, except under the direction of a member of a User Service who may obscure the message to retain confidentiality, all transmissions must be in plain language.
You need to be able to recall that under the direction of a member of a User Service who may obscure the message to retain confidentiality, all transmissions must be in plain language.
Note: It is only necessary to
remember the User Services named in the licence and that
the Police, Fire, Ambulance and Coastguard are included in
the ‘Category 1 and 2 responders’ along with local
government.
1D1 Recall that transmissions from the station must not cause Undue Interference to other radio users.
Where this section is talking about other radio users it means any wireless telegraphy. Wireless telegraphy is what amateur radio is all about.
Having a radio transmitter available to you is a responsibility as you have the ability to cause interference to other radio users. It is a licence requirement that you do not cause undue interference to other radio users whether they are amateur or commercial users. It is the fact that you are causing UNDUE interference, which is interference that is excessive or disproportionate and not just interference that is the point of this section. Look out for the word UNDUE in questions in the exam.
1D1 continued Recall that the Licensee must reduce any emissions causing interference, to the satisfaction of a person authorised by Ofcom.
Should you be foolish enough to cause interference then you will be ordered to reduce any emissions causing interference and this you must do to the satisfaction of an Officer authorised by the Secretary of State.
Understand that this may include a reduction in transmit power or any other action required to reduce emissions to an acceptable level which does not cause interference to others.
1D2 Recall the occasions for mandatory log keeping.
Whilst log keeping used to be a main stay of the licence condition prior to the "Life Time Licence" that is not the case now.
However you might have to keep a log if you caused for instance undue interference to a neighbour. As you do not need to keep a log explanation of how to keep a log are not now given in this section. You may wish to keep a log for your own purposes and just in case you cause intrference it is available for checking.
Understand circumstances in which modification or cessation of operating of the station may be required.
If you breach your licence conditions, or cause undue interference to other authorised equipment such as police etc or in the event of a National Emergency such as happened in WW2 when licences were suspended.
Understand circumstances in which modification of
transmitting equipment may be required.
If
it can be shown that your transmitting equipment is
contravening the licence conditions, for instance high
level of harmonics that your equipment would need to be
modified.
1E1 Recall that the licensee may use any communication link for the purposes of Remote Control of their station and must ensure that:
Unattended means that you are not in the vicinity of the station. Such a station could be:-
a low powered beacon for direction-finding competitions (DF hunts) and
you can also remotely operate your station and
when you use digital communications and leave the station unattended.
Recall that unattended operation does not include providing for general use by other amateurs.
This is so you station is secure and does not provide for the benefit of others access to your equipment or provide a repeater for others to use.
Recall that the licensee may conduct Remote Control operation of the main station in a manner consistent with the terms the Licence.
If you operate Remote Control of your main station equipment if must be done to conform with your licence. If asked, you must be able to terminate your transmission.
Recall that the Remote Control link must be by radio in an amateur band, limited to 500mW pep e.r.p. maximum transmit power.
Self explanatory but note particularly the amount of power you may use. The licence says " Any such communications links shall be subject to a maximum power level of 500 mW pep e.r.p."
Note: particularly it refers to pep and erp. The pep is referring to peak envelop power and the erp relates to the input power x the gain of the antenna. So under no circumstances may the erp be greater than 500 mW nor the pep greater than 500 mW!!
Recall that the Remote Control link should be above 30MHz.
To comply with your licence then the remote link should be above 30MHz.
Recall that the Remote Control link must be fail safe to avoid unintended transmissions and adequately secure to ensure the station remains compliant with the terms of the Licence.
Quite straight forward this one, that the Remote Control link must be fail safe, in other word automatically shut down if it fails, to avoid unintended transmissions and adequately secure, so that you have control but no one else, to ensure the station remains compliant with the terms of your Licence.
Recall that Remote Control operation does not include providing for general use by other amateurs.
Very similar to another part such that you do not provide remote control for the benefit of others access to your equipment or provide a repeater for others to use.
You must display your licence number on your remote Radio Equipment if used elsewhere than your home address as stated on your licence.
1F1 Recall that other Administrations (foreign countries) do not routinely recognise the Intermediate Licence.
Other countries do not as of now routinely recognise the Intermediate Licence of UK so you cannot just use this level of licence abroad unless you seek and get approval to use your equipment as a temporary licence in that country and you will be need to be aware of conditions of operating in that country may differ from UK.
1G1 Recall
This is all about how much radiated power the body can absorb
without having a heating effect. This is not only for your own safety
but also for the safety of others around the transmitting site. As
seen earlier an FM signal transmits full power all the time
transmission continues whereas SSB or CW and other modes the power
levels vary all the time. When setting up a station you should be
performing a risk assessment of the EMF (Electro-Magnetic Filed) to
comply with regulations. The assessment should bekept for reference
purposes.
When changing transmit power levels, or changing antenna, or antenna
height, or antenna gain, you need to reassess the field strength so that
it has little or no effect on people nearby as explained in ICNIRP
Exposure Guidelines - link provided on first page of our training website.
Effective levels can be calculated from the formula provided by OFCOM
and the RSGB.
The origin of some of the text on this page is from the RSGB with additions by the web master