Guides
Long-form notes written for this site — not a scrape of someone else’s wiki. They explain how we listen in the UK, what the database is for, and what we will not publish. Frequencies still live in the search; this is the why and the how.
Lawful hobby listening in the UK
What Cross Reference UK is for: receive-only hobby radio, amateur and licence-free bands, and the lines we will not cross.
Your first scanner or SDR in the UK
Handheld, mobile and cheap SDR dongles — antennas, noise floor, CHIRP, and a sensible first evening of listening.
UK amateur VHF and UHF listening
2 m and 70 cm calling, simplex, repeaters, digital voice, and how we use keeper data without cloning someone else’s list.
PMR446 and UK CB — licence-free listening
What licence-free actually means, analogue PMR446 channels, UK 27 MHz CB, and why a colinear is not a personality.
Marine VHF for hobby listeners
Channel 16, DSC, AIS and why a scanner is not a ship’s radio — coastal listening notes for the UK.
Airband for receive-only listeners (ATIS, VOLMET, 8.33)
118–137 MHz AM, public information broadcasts, 8.33 kHz channel numbers, and why we are not an ATC frequency dump.
How to contribute a frequency listing
What to include in a submission, how we check it, and the difference between a useful row and a dump of someone else’s list.
New here? Start with About the site or lawful hobby listening.