"Captain Beeky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On 22, Aug 2006, at 14:22, The Strudwick Family wrote:
>
>> I fully agree the only problem I have is that the change of requirement
>> for VHF was not publicised until it was too late to get on courses
>> before it came into force. The first I heard of it was a couple of
>> weeks
>> ago in a footnote in the IWA Waterways and no one in IWA HQ appeared to
>> have a clue as to what was going on. So far I have not been able to
>> find
>> any courses within 50 miles of where I live.
>
> So far as I understand it in November this year the requirement for
> marine VHF radio operators to be licenced ceases to apply. I did find a
> document somewhere on the web about that but it has gone awol on the
> pc.
>
> That means no training required, though a compact written set of "radio
> rules" would be useful. I bought a handheld set early in the year and
> have spent 99% of the time listening and picking up the protocols and
> conventions (whatever the difference might be !)
>
Fraid not
The licence for the radio is free from October but you still need a
qualification to operate.
J
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