Licence for radio

maypole

Is it true that you have to have a licence to use a radio and a mobile phone in your house. Normally this would be included in your TV licence, but I heard that if you don't have a TV then you should have a licence for the other things.

Ice_2

maypole wrote: »

Is it true that you have to have a licence to use a radio and a mobile phone in your house. Normally this would be included in your TV licence, but I heard that if you don't have a TV then you should have a licence for the other things.

I believe the radio licence was chucked out year's ago but you do need a licence for a pc...there is another thread about this somewhere...:D

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=677151
there you go have a look here...

bat999

A pc licence, where do you get them from?

unrich

You need a TV licence is you have "equipment" capable of receiving TV broadcasts. So PC, video, TV etc etc. Doesn't matter if you don't have a TV.

There was once a radio licence I think but that was a while ago. You don't need one now.

There was a licence for HAM radio operators transmitting on short wave.

There is no licence for a mobile phone (unless it can receive TV in which case it may be covered by your TV licence).

I think.....

albertross_2

you only need a tv licence if you watch or record live TV broadcasts, end of story. Ownership of the equipment is irrelevant.

bat999

albertross wrote: »

you only need a tv licence if you watch or record live TV broadcasts, end of story. Ownership of the equipment is irrelevant.

If you operate equipment that is capable of receiving live TV broadcasts.

albertross_2

My statement is correct, no debate, it has been debated enough on this site..., and the same old chestnuts and misinformation come up every time

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp

albertross_2

radio doesn't need one at all

bat999

I'll rephrase it.
"If you do not use TV receiving equipment, including TV receivers, video recorders, set-top boxes and computers with broadcast cards, you do not need a TV licence."
That's a quote from TV Licensing.
Albertross you are editing your posts faster than I can reply to them.

albertross_2

This quote from the website is more specific (the problem with that one is it can be (and frequently is) misinterpreted, if it said you don't need a licence if you don't use a washing line to dry clothes, that could be interpreted that you do need one if you own a washing line).

"You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV".

Theoretically you need one if you view a live BBC etc webcast of a live TV programme across the net, but they would never find out with current powers.

bat999

albertross wrote: »

This quote from the website is more specific:

"You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV".

Theoretically you need one if you view a live BBC etc webcast of a live TV programme across the net, but they would never find out with current powers.

If you do not use TV receiving equipment, including TV receivers, video recorders, set-top boxes and computers with broadcast cards, you do not need a TV licence.