George, The ** best ** solution would be for her to get her ham license. In that manner, she would be able to work the 14300 Maritime Mobile Service Net as well as a number of other maritime nets throughout the world. It will also give her access to other hams throughout the world. This could save her life. There are a number of weekend license courses that could help her along the way.
I am sure that he HF radio and antenna coupler on her boat will cover the complete 3 - 22 MHz band and may go to 30 MHz. It may have to be keyboard/reset enabled. That would give her easy operation. Also, please DO NOT suggest that she use a ham rig for her primary marine HF radio. Most ham rigs are not set up for the rigors of marine operation and with the salt air and moisture, corrode very easliy. Marine HF radio have the commericial frequencies with correct T/R split already in NV memories. This is especially important for distress frequencies. These are normally a 1 button push. No it is not legal for you to communicate with her via HF on the marine band with out getting a commercial station license for you, and having a commercially certified radio at your station. 73 K1NR On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:07:39 -0700 "George A. Thornton" <gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com> wrote: > I know someone who is about to embark on an around the > world sailboat > cruise. She is not currently licensed on HAM frequencies > but is going > to have a marine operator license. She is about to > acquire a marine SSB > radio. Most of those radios are also capable of > operation on HAM > frequencies. > > > > I was trying to figure out if it was possible to legally > communicate > with her using my K3 from home. > > > > Can the K3 be modified to permit transmission on marine > bands? > > > > I want to emphasize that I am not looking for an > opportunity to use the > radio for any illegal purpose. I am only interested in > operating on > marine frequencies for which I would have a valid > license. > > > > Beyond this, it seems there is a potential marketing > opportunity for > Elecraft in the marine community. Ocean sailors use SSB > and many of > them also end up getting a HAM license so they can also > use HAM > frequencies on voyages. The Elecraft K2 and K3 are in > some ways ideal > for marine use because they are small and have relatively > low power > consumption. > > > > The stresses on a marine radio are huge and most of them > have been made > water and shock resistant. Also, marine radios require > extreme > simplicity of operation because they occasionally have to > be used by an > inexperienced operator during an emergency. > > > > Maybe none of this makes practical sense. > > > > Someone educate me, that is what this forum is about. > > > > de George AE7G > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
