{"id":3292,"date":"2013-10-23T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.rsgbtestzone.biz\/wordpress\/?page_id=3292"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:04:15","slug":"first-steps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/first-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"First steps after gaining your licence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3697\" style=\"width: 202px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/first-steps\/operating2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3697\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3697\" class=\" wp-image-3697\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2012\/10\/Operating2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2012\/10\/Operating2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2012\/10\/Operating2-150x114.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris, G0DWV on 40m SSB<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>In this section we look at your first steps into the hobby, including how to get on the air with your new licence.<\/h4>\n<h4>We also help you to find your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/clubs\/club-finder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local radio club<\/a><\/strong> and discover <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/clubs\/special-interest-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special interest groups<\/a><\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<h4>If you are looking to explore different areas of amateur radio, take a look at our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/beyond-exams-building-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond Exams pages<\/a><\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<h4>Finally, a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/first-steps\/other-resources\/\">resources page<\/a><\/strong> provides links to other websites.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>\n<!-- Page-list plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/page-list\/ -->\n<ul class=\"page-list subpages-page-list \">\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3308\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/first-steps\/so-you-have-your-licence-whats-next\/\">Getting on the air with your new licence<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3578\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/first-steps\/getting-help-finding-a-local-club\/\">Getting help \u2013 finding a local club<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3582\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/first-steps\/other-resources\/\">Other resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this section we look at your first steps into the hobby, including how to get on the air with your new licence. We also help you to find your local radio club and discover special interest groups. If you are looking to explore different areas of amateur radio, take a look at our Beyond [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8680,"parent":1087,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3292","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3292"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47070,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3292\/revisions\/47070"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}