A few years ago (2013) if memory serves, the CAA realised that lots of microlighters/owners of aircraft without an electrical system would not be able to get any 8.33 equipment, so they opened a route for manufacturers to self-certify that particular models were compliant. I can’t find the original links now either, but these give some of the gist:
The real question, relevant to EuroGA is that the approval is only valid for the UK. My reading of it was that because it’s a handheld radio, you may not be able to use it in other countries. Other people (in a debate on another forum) were of the opinion that if could be used if it were fitted in a British registered aircraft.
Further documents of interest:
The original document, which had been moved:
Approval now extended to EASA aircraft within the UK:
http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/InformationNotice2015098.pdf
I have made local copies of the above
Simplified handheld radio approval process
The above contains an “interesting” clause suggesting that non-8.33 radios will not be approved. That is practical but what the whole legal basis for this? Handhelds don’t need CAA approval in the first place!
I order for it.
Thank you for all the exchange.
I needn’t approval. For me it will be a backup for emergency, and listen on ground.
PPG