Long story, but our local racing fleet has made a requirement that a boat must carry a handheld VHF with DSC for offshore.
Admittedly, I haven’t looked into this yet, but my question to this crowd is; I already have an issued MMSI number for the boat’s AIS, is it smart to use that same number for the handheld also? It seems, since it is portable and I theoretically could carry the handheld to any boat, I should register it with it’s own MMSI. Is anyone aware of requirements or standard procedure for this? Second question, are other fleets out there requiring this? Thanks,
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