Jamie Dundee
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Gone native then eh?
MMSI mystery
- Thread starter Fire99
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JerseyDiver
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Google. Mars Itu and you can look up by Mmsi or boat name etc. This may assist you unravelling your mystery. Also has an owners name on the system.
Fire99
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Many thanks for the replies.. I'll check out Mars Itu and see if I can get any numbers to match. I'd like to get this sorted out DSC is an important asset.
Edit - I've actually already looked on Mars Itu which is showing the previous owner, the correct Call Sign but a completely different MMSI that doesn't match that of the onboard VHF..
Edit - I've actually already looked on Mars Itu which is showing the previous owner, the correct Call Sign but a completely different MMSI that doesn't match that of the onboard VHF..
PeterBoater
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Then, as I said before, the MMSI in the radio is wrong and needs to be reprogrammed. The radio probably came from another vessel.
Fire99
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Yeah I get that.. No it's actually the original radio for the boat. I have the full documentation including the original build and chatting to the broker etc who knows the history of the boat... It's definitely the original. Strange but true..
Jamie Dundee
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Go back to Mars itu and search the mmsi from your vhf. This should give you the associated call sign.
Edit; looks like you tried that. Buy a new vhf and register the boat as previously unregistered. Keep the original vhf as a spare
Mr Googler
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that’s not the rules! One MMSI for life or else!???
DavidJ
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Useful Posting. I googled MARS itu and it has my boat geographic location as in th UK although it’s in Spain. I did the original registration nearly 20 yrs ago
Need to work out how to edit the location now.
Need to work out how to edit the location now.
Hurricane
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As I say above, if you bought a french registered boat, it would probably have a French VHF licence.
MMSI numbers have the first 3 numbers denoting the country that the MMSI is registered.
When you move a boat from one country to another you will need a new VHF licence thus a new MMSI number.
I know this from personal experience.
DavidJ
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Thanks Mike, I didn’t know that. I’ve had my paperwork checked a couple of times by the Guardia as well.
It answers my query in #28 as well.
Fire99
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Thanks Jamie.. The problem with that one is that it's a dual handset Raymarine modular system so it's a lot of kit to make redundant over an MMSI number. Particularly since I recently soldered in a new Mic cable which took patience like no other..
Hurricane
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Sorry, I didn't make myself very clear.
By moving a boat from one country to another, I meant moving the boat's registration from one country's register to another.
In my case, we moved the boat's registration from Malta to the British register.
And in doing so, I had to apply for a new VHF licence thus with a UK MMSI
The result of this was that I had to have the fixed VHF and the AIS reprogrammed with the new UK MMSI.
Hurricane
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If you "Google around" you should find specialists that will reprogram the MMSI numbers.Thanks Jamie.. The problem with that one is that it's a dual handset Raymarine modular system so it's a lot of kit to make redundant over an MMSI number. Particularly since I recently soldered in a new Mic cable which took patience like no other..
The VHF set manufacturers or their distributors/dealers will anyway.
You don't have to buy a new set.
Fire99
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Many thanks.. I've had a chat with my very helpful broker, who just happens to be next door and also manages the yard work and he's given me a contact for Raymarine jobs.. Apparently the guy is a busy soul but should hopefully be able to do the bizz with the radio.
Jamie Dundee
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Most rules have a little built in ‘flexibility’…..
