On Sat, 12 May 2007 04:45:15 -0800, " ray lunder
wrote:

When I took the PS course in the us two years ago they told us there
was no competency test for VHF in Canadian waters but there was a $150
"filing fee" and that you were required to have one on board (the
permit and the radio). I'm not sure if it applied to Canadians or if
it was the equivalent of a "cruising permit" now a popularized rip in
so many places. Post it if anyone gets a straight story.

There are two or three different levels of regulation governing this
matter.

The International Telecommunications Union requires that all radio
transmitters be licensed, and operators must be qualified, but permits
individual countries to make exceptions that will only apply within
that country.

I understand that the US exempts US pleasure craft operating in the US
from requiring a ship station license, and perhaps a radio operator
certificate.

Canada exempts almost all Canadian vessels from requiring a Ship
Station License while operating in Canadian waters, or outside the
jurisdiction of another country. Operators require an operator's
certificate (which requires a test). Foreign vessels must be
licensed, and operators certified, by their home country.

The $150 filing fee mentioned above is paid to the US FCC to obtain
the US station license required by international rules when operating
outside US waters. It is not a "cruising fee", and is not assessed by
Canada.


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