JOHNBOY
New member
Hi, Advice appreciated from any radio heads or long distance cruisers.
We want to access to email, weatherfax, websites, ie winlink and sailmail etc and to keep in contact with other yachts and nets on a circ nav.
We have a full ham tranceiver set and ATU but no licence. The boat already has an MMSI number.
What we need to know is which is the best route to go down to get the coverage we need as cost effectively as possible.
As I understand it there are two routes to go: 1. marine (but with restricted band operation)
2. Ham radio licence (3 levels)
Do I to go down both?
Or can I just use the marine licence? How restricting will it be if we only have the marine long distance licence?
If I need the Ham licence as well can I get the coverage we need with just the foundation Ham licence or do I need to go to intermediate or even full?
Many thanks
JB
PS sorry for the cross post but I need a pretty speedy answer on this one
We want to access to email, weatherfax, websites, ie winlink and sailmail etc and to keep in contact with other yachts and nets on a circ nav.
We have a full ham tranceiver set and ATU but no licence. The boat already has an MMSI number.
What we need to know is which is the best route to go down to get the coverage we need as cost effectively as possible.
As I understand it there are two routes to go: 1. marine (but with restricted band operation)
2. Ham radio licence (3 levels)
Do I to go down both?
Or can I just use the marine licence? How restricting will it be if we only have the marine long distance licence?
If I need the Ham licence as well can I get the coverage we need with just the foundation Ham licence or do I need to go to intermediate or even full?
Many thanks
JB
PS sorry for the cross post but I need a pretty speedy answer on this one