smolyneux
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I am considering installing a fixed VHF at home with the antenna on the chimney. Are the licensing requirements for this different for a VHF on board?
Licensing requirements for shore based VHF
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beachbum
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Yes.
Apart from special cases such as ports & marinas, you're not allowed to transmit on marine band VHF from on shore.
Apart from special cases such as ports & marinas, you're not allowed to transmit on marine band VHF from on shore.
VicS
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As beachbum has said it won't be allowed.
For those situations where it is allowed the sets will have to be different, they will have to transmit on the Shore station frequency and receive on the ships station frequency on the duplex channels. I quess you'd only be allowed to use one frequency (or at most a small number of frequencies) anyway, that/those depending on whether you are a marina, a yachtclub, or a commercial port.
The Ofcom website should have all the info. home page Go to "licensing" from there I guess.
For those situations where it is allowed the sets will have to be different, they will have to transmit on the Shore station frequency and receive on the ships station frequency on the duplex channels. I quess you'd only be allowed to use one frequency (or at most a small number of frequencies) anyway, that/those depending on whether you are a marina, a yachtclub, or a commercial port.
The Ofcom website should have all the info. home page Go to "licensing" from there I guess.
TheBoatman
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A definate NO-NO
What you are talking about is a CRS (Coast Radio Station) and the legal requirements are very high and the bottom line is you have no case to need one. CRS's are usually restricted to a very small number of working channels.
Peter.
What you are talking about is a CRS (Coast Radio Station) and the legal requirements are very high and the bottom line is you have no case to need one. CRS's are usually restricted to a very small number of working channels.
Peter.
RestlessL
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...you'd only be allowed to use one frequency (or at most a small number of frequencies) anyway, that/those depending on whether you are a marina, a yachtclub, or a commercial port....
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A lot of people do not seem to understand this - judging from the number of times you hear yachts trying to contact marinas on Ch16.
...you'd only be allowed to use one frequency (or at most a small number of frequencies) anyway, that/those depending on whether you are a marina, a yachtclub, or a commercial port....
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A lot of people do not seem to understand this - judging from the number of times you hear yachts trying to contact marinas on Ch16.
earlybird
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There's nothing to stop you listening, as long as you don't transmit. If that's illegal, which I doubt, I can't see you being caught.
Add, There is/was a pub on Piel Island, near Walney Island, that the "King of Piel" operated, legally AFAIK, as a shore station, with just an ordinary set, nothing special. He mainly organised local moorings, but sometimes Liverpool CG used him if a problem arose in the vicinity.
Add, There is/was a pub on Piel Island, near Walney Island, that the "King of Piel" operated, legally AFAIK, as a shore station, with just an ordinary set, nothing special. He mainly organised local moorings, but sometimes Liverpool CG used him if a problem arose in the vicinity.
JonBrooks
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If you cant find the info on the Ofcom site call them and speak to Joe Darrel, he can give you chapter and verse but most have covered that you can't.
Most of what has been posted already is correct.
The CRS (coast radio station) licence is only given for specific use like marina's, lifeguards etc.
The CRS will tell you what channels and this is normally only one or two, ch16 is not normally allowed.
TX power will be limited, normally 5w.
If you have a ships radio licence you would be better to buy a cheap scanner then you can listen away.
You are unlikely to get one to have a radio in your house.
Hope that helps.
Most of what has been posted already is correct.
The CRS (coast radio station) licence is only given for specific use like marina's, lifeguards etc.
The CRS will tell you what channels and this is normally only one or two, ch16 is not normally allowed.
TX power will be limited, normally 5w.
If you have a ships radio licence you would be better to buy a cheap scanner then you can listen away.
You are unlikely to get one to have a radio in your house.
Hope that helps.
VicS
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I case you have not found the info on the Ofcom site it is here
Reading it I see that if you want to just listen your radio must be "inherently incapable of transmitting".
Reading it I see that if you want to just listen your radio must be "inherently incapable of transmitting".
Talulah
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I know of a pub in Weymouth that has a VHF set on all the time behind the bar. I was quite surprised when the order for drinks was interupted with the VHF.
smolyneux
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Thank you everyone. I guess that is one less bit of cable to be running through the house. I'll just have to place my homecoming G&T requests through to SWMBO using a mobile. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
