vhf question (may be a bit silly)

[Mike_Martin]

Re: Incidentally Mike......

Oh I already did that went from Higher Executive Officer to Pay Range 7 !!

Oh well I still smell sweet!

Mike

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[sailorman]

its rather like a "TAX" press P.T.T. & thats £22.00 PLEASE.
C.B. F.O.C., ten ten

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[muchy_]

You need ship radio licence before you can have a radio and if you don't have an op cert you are only allowed to make mayday calls on channel 16.

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[itsonlymoney]

My God what a carry on just to tell my mate were I am dropping anchor. Yes I know I can use a moby but its not the same and you dont know my mate, he wants a running report and my moby bill has gone through the roof. Anyway loads of interesting replies.
Ian

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[boatone]

I do realise that RADAR is a radio transceiver but I think you may be missing my point.
All the discussion and exposure re licensing that appears here and elswhere is almost totally directed to VHF, Ships Radio Licences and Operators Certificates.
I have just done a search back to day 1 on here and there is not a single post relating to an inclusion of RADAR within the SRL.
I would put it to you that this is not a generally known and understood situation.....presumably my handheld licence does not cover me if I wish to fit a radar (no chance...swmbo says I dont need one to find Tescos at Reading! )...but if i do decide to buy one I would need a SRL even if I do not have a fixed VHF installation?

I am not trying to be funny either........and as most vessels with radar will probably have a SRL anyway its probably largely academic /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[BrendanS]

It probably never comes up because most people it's applicable to already know. When you fill the form in, there are sections for everything you're likely to have on the boat, fixed, handheld, radar, epirb (yes need a licence for those as well) etc etc, so you just fill in the boxes for every thing you have on the boat

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[duncan]

Re: it gets better....

.....you are not actually supposed to use VHF equipment just to advise your mate where you are going to drop anchor. If however you deem it a safety factor ie you consider the act of dropping anchor in a particular position a safer than drifting the Swash Channel whilst eating lunch then as a safety transmission it would be acceptable use.../forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Mike_Martin]

While I can easily agree that it is not ALWAYS recognised, I can also say that it is not for want of trying!!

All of RA's Ship Radio licensing awareness campaigns for the last 5 years and Boat Shows for the last 9 have always directly referred to the full equipment that a Ship Radio Licence covers. I know this because I wrote all the bumpf that supports them.

On this forum I have corrected quite a few people who mistakenly refer to it as a VHF licence rather than a Ship Radio Licence..

The licence application form and its Guidance Notes also make clear what the licence covers. In the words of the late, great, Stan Laurel " You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead"".

Mike


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[TrueBlue]

Inland waters - use of VHF

Travelling down my local ditch last weekend to where the plug gets pulled twice a day, I met a very, very nice man (who amongst other things said he lectured to punters on Marine VHF) and he was adamant that the use of marine radios was illegal or prohibited on fresh water navigations.

Seems wrong to me - in that EA and river police monitor Ch16 and commercial operators use ch8 to chat....

Has something changed in the OFCOM legislation that I (and others) am not aware of?

Have heard rumours that the Thames is now deemed to be a canal by virtue of the Woolwich Barrier (as far as fishing licenses are concerned).

Could the Team Executive enlighten me, please.

If the lecturer above is wrong - as I suspect - then it says little for quality of the Operators' course.

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[Mike_Martin]

Re: Inland waters - use of VHF

Sorry but I've no idea what said lecturer is on about. Use of marine VHF on inland waterways is not prohibited but the same rules apply!! Of course there are many different types of lecture!!

As I understand it you don't need a Rod Licence for the Thames but then again who'd want to fish on it.

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[boatone]

Rod licences on the Thames.....

Come on Mike, you just knew this was going to happen didnt you???

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[Mike_Martin]

Re: Rod licences on the Thames.....

Aaaaarrrrgh!!!

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[TrueBlue]

Re: Inland waters - use of VHF

For Mike Martin,
Thanks for that, Young Sir; said "authority" seemed to know his onions on other matters at least for those where I had certain knowledge, so I thought it was worth checking with the "Oracle", just in case.

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