Questions about licences for hand held VHFs

[VicS]

I have ships licence for the vhf.
If I had a hand held VHF it would be included at no extra cost on the above licence, correct?

If I sell my boat and buy another I know that the licences are not transferable and that I will have to apply for a new one for the new boat as will the new owner of my old boat.

I will have to include the h/h on the application for the new licence, correct?

Technically what am I allowed to do with the h/h?

Strictly speaking can I use it on another boat which does not have a ship’s licence. If I do what do I say if asked for the vessel’s name and callsign? Clearly it would be stupid to use my own boat’s name but if I give the name of the boat I am on then what about the callsign. Since this boat does not have a ship’s licence it does not have its own callsign but I cannot give the callsign of my own boat because that will not match the vessel’s name.

Am I correct in saying that without a “ship” of ones own one cannot license a h/h for occassional use on other unlicensed vessels?

 

[fireball]

Your Ships licence with HH listed allows you to use your HH on your vessel and tender to your vessel. You are not licenced for any other use (under your licence).

I believe you can have a HH licence for use by you on any vessel without having to register it to a vessel.

 

[jonathankent]

Seconded, exactly how I have understood it.

I believe the licence for handheld only and to use on any boat is £15. I wander if the licensing of these will change on 1st October aswell?

 

[tazzle]

Indeedy the case. I had an 'independent' HH before I bought the boat and added it to the boat licence. You get a 'T' number, but not an ident - as you're only supposed to use it on a vessel etc.

 

[Solitaire]

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I have ships licence for the vhf.
If I had a hand held VHF it would be included at no extra cost on the above licence, correct?

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<span style="color:red">YES </span>

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If I sell my boat and buy another I know that the licences are not transferable and that I will have to apply for a new one for the new boat as will the new owner of my old boat.

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<span style="color:red">Not exactly. If you sell your boat and it has alicnese then the new owner takes over the call sign and MMSI number. The call sign etc stays with the vessel - like a car registration number. If you buy a boat from somebody else and that boat has a licence then you take over the ident - i.e it is registered in your name </span>
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I will have to include the h/h on the application for the new licence, correct?

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<span style="color:red">Only if a H/H has not been registered previously </span>

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Technically what am I allowed to do with the h/h?

Strictly speaking can I use it on another boat which does not have a ship’s licence.

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<span style="color:red">No, unless that vessel has a ships licence </span>

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If I do what do I say if asked for the vessel’s name and call sign? Clearly it would be stupid to use my own boat’s name but if I give the name of the boat I am on then what about the callsign. Since this boat does not have a ship’s licence it does not have its own callsign but I cannot give the callsign of my own boat because that will not match the vessel’s name.

Am I correct in saying that without a “ship” of ones own one cannot license a h/h for occassional use on other unlicensed vessels?

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<span style="color:red">You should apply to Ofcom for a separate licence and will be issued with a "T" number. At the moment it will cost £15, but this will fall away from October </span>

 

[Malcb]

To underline what Solitaire has said.

I have a ships licence which includes my fixed VHF and a handheld.

Because I sometimes also 'play' on boats which don't have a ship's licence I also have a handheld licence with a 'T' number callsign. This then covers me.

The handheld is the same radio in both cases.

 

[VicS]

Thanks for the replies. I vaguely knew about the "T" number but did not know how it worked.

 

[Malcb]

Hey Solitaire, have I lakesailored you?

 

[Solitaire]

Probably - if I knew what it was /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif