Yes, some years back, I was on the ENDEAVOUR replica sailing up the California coast. Within 12 miles of the coast (well marked on the chart) I was N6TQS; outside that 12 miles, I was VK4??? (I've forgotten). I really wanted to get on a LEO and work US stations with a VK4 call, but the weather was bad, all northerlies, and we hugged the coast the whole way up. 73, doug
On 01-Mar-11 16:17, Tony Langdon wrote: > At 08:41 AM 3/2/2011, Donald Jacob wrote: >> I'm sorry, maybe I'm missing something. >> Wouldn't it be much easier to say (on web page or what ever since this topic >> has been address MANY MANY times) that you must check with the ships >> Captain and/or communications officer. Forget FCC or any other >> nation's communications >> authority, since once at sea the ship is totally under the authority >> of the Captain -- Maritime Law. > > Permission for both maritime and aeronautical operation used to be > part of the Australian regulations exam (I remember studying > it). I'm not sure if that is still the case these days. In any > case, who you had to get permission to operate from depended on both > where the ship was registered, and where it was at the time (i.e. > territorial waters or international waters) you were to be operating, > but in all cases, the captain had to give consent (in addition to the > various national authorities involved), from what I recall. That was > the common thread. > > 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL > http://vkradio.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
