If a US boat uses the VHF in a foreign port, then a license is technically required. A "Station" and an "Operator" license is req'd, these obtained for Marine HF (SSB) operation cover HF, VHF & RADAR. I have never seen enforcement of this in Bahamas, where restaurant dinner menu offerings are routinely read over VHF. Other cruising Ham operators will insist that a Bahamian Reciprical Ham license is obtained for Amateur radio operation in Bahamas. If applying for FCC licenses online, call for support, there are several questions that make no sense and the ~ $200 in fees may not be refundable if there is an error. Lee Haefele ----- 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
