RAIBC – Welcome to the RAIBC website (Charity No. 802348) (original) (raw)
Supporting Radio Amateurs and Short-wave Listeners with disabilities
Established in 1954, RAIBC is a national society and Charity, dedicated to supporting Radio Amateurs and Short-wave Listeners with disabilities. The RAIBC logo is recognised throughout the amateur radio world. The club is a UK registered charity, No 802348, and is run and managed by a group of amateurs forming an elected committee. The committee comprises various members of the RAIBC, all representing the wide range of abilities and talents found within its ranks.
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Our Background
Established in 1954, RAIBC is a national society and Charity, dedicated to supporting Radio Amateurs and Short-wave Listeners with disabilities. The RAIBC logo is recognised throughout the amateur radio world.
The club is a UK registered charity, No 802348, and is run and managed by a group of amateurs forming an elected committee. The committee comprises various members of the RAIBC, all representing the wide range of abilities and talents found within its ranks.
As well as the positions you might expect, Chair, Secretary and Treasurer – we also have a Equipment Manager, Low Vision Officer, Equipment sales and donations officers and the Editor of our biannual newsletter.
Loan Equipment
RAIBC are able to loan amateur radio equipment to members with disabilities.
Become a Member
We have 3 membership tiers available. Click the button below to choose and purchase your membership.
Contact Us
If you need to contact us, please select the button below to view our different contact methods.
Donations
We value all donations, no matter how big or small. Please kindly click the button below to be taken to the donations area.
What we do
Our activities fall into four main areas:
Supporting RAIBC Members
Through our collective experience we are able to provide advice and a fresh way of looking at radio for individuals who find themselves disabled. We can encourage people to remain on air and suggest new ways of operating to cope with their difficulties.
We do our best to provide whatever assistance we can to disabled amateurs. We have a small network of supporters, but our remit is to provide the often expensive accessible equipment and put members needing assistance in contact with local radio clubs who are more than willing to help or advise.
We are funded primarily through donations of equipment that are sold at rallies and online. The funds that we raise enable us to provide the best and most suitable equipment to our members. We are also given financial donations and are often remembered in radio amateurs wills. All such generous donations are gratefully received.
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Membership services include the recording and distribution of audio literature for radio amateurs and listeners. This includes magazines such as Radcom and Practical Wireless. In addition manuals for various radios are available in audio format along with the Foundation, Intermediate and Full license course materials. Please note that the Licence manuals are strictly for the individual only and are not available to Clubs due to the copyright notice. We also loan transceivers and receivers to qualifying members. Where necessary these are adapted to suit their needs, for example by the use of voice chips.
Call Us
NEW HELPLINE NUMBER
0800 028 8660
Calls are free of charge from all consumer landlines and mobile phones.
Please remember we are volunteers, this helpline is not manned 24 hours a day so please leave a message. Thank you.