Yes, you need a certificate to operate a VHF radio and it has to have the DSC extension for the past two years. It is a two night course.
Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 N 43.13.406 W 73.37.431 www.yannismarine.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Zanussi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] USA/Canada border > And I believe the same is true for Canada. We don't need a license to > operate it here, but if we go into the US then we do. I could be mistaken > on that and if so, I suspect someone will jump in and correct me. > > Rob Z > > At 01:16 PM 6/11/2008 -0400, Norm of Bandersnatch wrote: >> In the US we are not required to have a radio license for our boat >>radios. There was a big stink a few years ago about the large fee for >>renewal so they just dropped the requirement entirely if you stay in the >>states, but if going foreign a license is required. > > Do you realize that in about 40 years we will have thousands of old ladies > running around with tattoos and pierced navels? > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.2.0/1497 - Release Date: 11/06/2008 8:32 AM _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
