Sell the UK callbook to members and make money for club funds

Here's a rather good idea from Ian, G3ZHI.

Ian says:

Ofcom have now made available to anyone the UK callbook data for free. The data will be updated twice per year.

This makes it possible for your club to publish a UK callbook and sell it to club members to make some money for your club funds.

You can apply for the data using the online form on the Ofcom website.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/
classes/amateur/callsignform

Statement from Ofcom june 2009:

Ofcom is keen to facilitate the release of this callsign book data more generally and recognises the benefits of making such information available. As such, Ofcom asked an independent auditor to review the information and check it for accuracy and currency. Once this was completed it was decided that the callsign book data could be released under licence. Any requestor who wishes to have access to the data for a callsign book could therefore apply for a licence under the Re-use of Public Sector Regulations.

I am pleased to inform you that the licence application and terms and conditions will be made available on Ofcom's website. There is no charge for this information. Should you wish to apply for a licence you can find the relevant information at the following link:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/
classes/amateur/callsignform

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Ian G3ZHI