radio licence .help

[Dodger_jnr]

Hi guys
having just read the yesterdays post, could some one tell me when and where do you aply, and does it stay with the yacht when sold...

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[Talbot]

You can apply on line from here <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.radiolicenceforms.co.uk/ShipApplicationNotes.asp>http://www.radiolicenceforms.co.uk/ShipApplicationNotes.asp</A>



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[Dodger_jnr]

thanks m8 speedy reply ..but what about the boat im about to buy is it like a car ..do you keep it or dose it go with the yacht, and are they yearly... thanks

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[chriscallender]

There are two issues here

Ships Radio Licence - £20 a year, see www.radiolicencecentre.co.uk for application form or call 0870 243 4433. They will give your boat a unique callsign (which is transferable with the boat), however you are also supposed to notify them if you sell a boat, and I think the new owner then has to pay up £20 for a new licence - I may be wrong about this. Anyway this licence allows you to install a radio on the boat (or get a callsign for a handheld radio)

VHF operators licence - normally done through a 1 day RYA training course with an exam at the end although I believe its possible if you know what you are doing just to sit the exam. Something like £100 for the course and some one off fee to issue the licence. But this does not need renewed every year. RYA will have details of schools that offer courses in their area. You are allowed (I think!) to make emergency calls without an operator licence but if you ever want to make routine calls (eg get marina berth) then an operators licence is needed.


Chris

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[Dodger_jnr]

Great Chris.....thanks... that's all I need..exelent...thanks guys

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[tony_brighton]

Re: emergency calls - in a genuine emergency no-one will have a problem with someone not licensed using a radio. I'm sure the CG or the RA would tell you that.

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[Elissaar]

Hi there, I recently went through a similar issue. My boat is fitted with a VHF radio but had no license when I bought her and therefore the radio set could not be used except for emergency. I was able to sign up to a course (DSCC VHF) and got the license last November soon after I bought her, she has a new call sign and a license and (so do I) and all is legal. The spur to go this was the fact that the Radio licensing authority can fine you up to 1000 pounds for failure to display a license and they do make on the spot checks. The other perhaps greater incentive was that knowing how to use the radio and communicate accurately might just save yours or someone elses life one day.

I did the RYA course for 60 pounds plus 20 pounds for the license over one day.

You can look for a suitable course near where you live if you go to the RYA website.

Hope this helps,

Simon

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[Benbow]

I am sure this is true. But in a real emergency you will be glad you know how to use the radio properly and also be glad that there is not someone without a licence blocking ch16.

I remember Holyhead CG saying 'seelonce mayday' to some prat who called them on 16 during a mayday. His reply was 'eeeeeerrrrrrrm what ?, eeeeeerrrrrrrm do you want me to go to ch 67 ?'



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