"Bruce in Alaska" slid off his stool and shouted:

"Jack Painter" wrote:

Also, a U.S. vessel that plans to dock (or communicate) at a non-US port
of
call, must have a restricted radiotelephone operators license. This good
for
life (of the vessel you own and operate) and also does not involve any
exam.
The license covers vhf, hf, gmdss and radars with no description of
equipments required. It will include applying for an MMSI to be used
internationally.

Again, jackie is extending information that he doesn't understand.......

HEY JACK, How about you "GET A CLUE before you confuse folks with your
uninformed information.

First: A Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit is for a PERSON
not a vessel. It is an "OPERATORs" and a vessel can't be
an operator.

I know that Bruce. I mentioned the "vessel" because it is for the owner of A
VESSEL, and cannot be transferred or used when the licensee goes to another
vessel. So it is "for life" only if it remains ON THAT VESSEL. Please grow
up or go back to your barstool.



Second: A US Flagged vessel, if it is to operate outside US Territorial
Waters, AND communicate with non-US Coast Stations, must have
a valid Ship Radio Station License issued by the FCC.


Here you go mixing up licenses again, forgetting the title and topic of this
newsgroup is RECREATIONAL boating. Only a Restricted Operators permit is
required for a recreational boater who wants to visit a foreign port. His
boat can remain "covered by the rule" which means no station license for
VHF-only, and the ROP covers his carriage of the radio, whether he uses it
OR NOT, in a foreign port.




Third: If, and only if, the vessel has fitted, only VHF Radios and,
or, a Marine S or Xband Radar, and does not communicated with
non-US Coast Stations, it MAY be covered by the Blanket License
issued by the FCC, which covers all such vessels in perpituity,
and does not require any action on the owners, or operators
parts as far as licensing is concerened.

That's called being "covered by the rule" and does not permit a vessel to
dock in a foreign port, which is why it's another of your useless comments
that serves only the interests of your strange ego.


Fourth:
/snipped unadulterated blabber
..
Fifth:
/snipped unadulterated blabber

Sixth:
/snipped unadulterated blabber


Now that we got that straight....... Carry on.......


Bruce in alaska who wishes that USCG would refrain from distributing
uninformed information.......

"Straight" is a concept difficult to apply to your posts.

The information I posted is current, accurate, and applies to the questions
posted by Wayne B. The rules have changed since the time you claimed to
have once been a field-rep for the FCC. Try to remember the "recreational"
concept of the newsgroup, please.

Best regards,

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, Virginia

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:14:04 -0500, "Jack Painter"
wrote:

A Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit is for a PERSON
not a vessel. It is an "OPERATORs" and a vessel can't be
an operator.

I know that Bruce. I mentioned the "vessel" because it is for the owner of A
VESSEL, and cannot be transferred or used when the licensee goes to another
vessel. So it is "for life" only if it remains ON THAT VESSEL. Please grow
up or go back to your barstool.
//
Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, Virginia


I don't think that's right Jack.
An operators license follows the operator.

Brian W

"Brian Whatcott" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:14:04 -0500, "Jack Painter"
wrote:

A Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit is for a PERSON
not a vessel. It is an "OPERATORs" and a vessel can't be
an operator.

I know that Bruce. I mentioned the "vessel" because it is for the owner
of A
VESSEL, and cannot be transferred or used when the licensee goes to
another
vessel. So it is "for life" only if it remains ON THAT VESSEL. Please
grow
up or go back to your barstool.
//
Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, Virginia


I don't think that's right Jack.
An operators license follows the operator.

Brian W

You're Right. On the FCC website;

If you have a RESTRICTED RADIOTELEPHONE OPERATOR PERMIT, you should retain
it for future use since it is authorized for your lifetime.

It's the station license, applies to equipment on specific boat.

It is only when applying for that license, as I explained earlier before
Bruce's tirade, can a boater obtain an FCC-issued MMSI, which registers his
MMSI internationally. BOAT-US continues to fulfill the MMSI requirements of
all domestic-only voyagers. Their volunteer-provided database, while useable
by the USCG, is unfortunately not compatible with either the FCC's or ITU's.
So much for no good deed going unpunished.

Jack

Wayne.B wrote in
:

Larry, with all due respect, a real boat would have the radio wired
through a circuit breaker and/or battery switch.



Whoa! The radio WAS wired through a fuse panel! 3 amps doesn't blow a 10A
fuse and the 3A gave no indication (smoke, fire, etc.) that it was
happening until I turned my key to be met with total silence.

I plugged it into 12v again and measured the drain....nearly 3A dead on the
nose. The salt shorting out the pins on the power amp IC had changed the
bias on the IC between pins from class C (no current with no RF drive) to
sort of class A (always conducting, even with the power switch off!)

It just sat there converting my 115AH deep cycle/starting battery into a
hot heat sink.....dammit.

"John R. Campbell" wrote in
:

If travelling in a group of boats, consider some
FRS radios which don't have much reach but don't
need much when travelling close enough together.
Less interference on the marine channels and the
like... but it'd be *real* nice if some of the
bridges down here were monitoring something other
than VHF ch9. (These FRS rigs are very handy at
other times, too, like w/ multiple cars, visiting
Home Depot or Lowes and the like.)



The best feature of FRS radios is you can say whatever you like without
some kilocycle cop/boater or CG guy bitching at you to get the hell off his
channel....(c;

Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
:

First: A Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit is for a PERSON
not a vessel.

That depends on how long he has been drinking beer at the yacht club bar.
I've seen many PERSONS who've become vessels like that...(c;....even me!

On Larry W4CSC wrote:
John R. Campbell wrote:
If travelling in a group of boats, consider some
FRS radios which don't have much reach but don't
need much when travelling close enough together.
Less interference on the marine channels and the
like... but it'd be *real* nice if some of the
bridges down here were monitoring something other
than VHF ch9. (These FRS rigs are very handy at
other times, too, like w/ multiple cars, visiting
Home Depot or Lowes and the like.)

The best feature of FRS radios is you can say whatever
you like without some kilocycle cop/boater or CG guy
bitching at you to get the hell off his channel....(c;

Sorry, I was trying for an "almost British" level
of understatement in my post... and you said, in
plain language, what I was trying to say in a more
obscure form.

(shakes head)

Granted, I try for laughs...

The point, really, is that FRS radios have such a
low wattage that there's not much of a likelihood
of interfering with others. The low costs (take a
look around a CostCo or Best Buy or some such) and
you'll not that the prices are also pretty low as
well-- so losing one over the side isn't the utter
disaster that a VHF hand-held would be.

Of course I don't personally know if FRS can even
be *licensed* for use outside the USA much less,
if usable, what the rules'd be.

Granted, you have to remember to use a *real* VHF
rig in order to hail others ... especially distress
calls.

Additionally, one suggestion: regular hand-held
scanners are available for a lot less than a "real"
VHF hand-held (especially if you only want to cover
the marine bands) so one of *those* scanner would
be handy for whoever is on communications watch.

The real point being is that there is other tech
out there that, while not tuned perfectly for the
marine environment, is fairly usable... and cheap
enough to more easily cope with replacements.

While it makes sense to avoid "disposable tech", I
think there are times when you want to use it to
cut down on the "wear and tear" (of the PTT button?)
of the far more critical marine-grade tech.

Some tech obviously will not make the jump very
well to marine conditions... but finding the more
appropriate tech to carry over can be rather
entertaining to discover.

--
John R. Campbell Speaker to Machines soup at tampabay dot rr dot com
"Grace is sufficient so Joy was let go." - Heather L. Campbell
"Faith manages ... even though she didn't get promoted" - me
Why OS X? Because making Unix user-friendly was easier than debugging Windows

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:07:23 -0500, "Mark"
wrote:

Any recommendations for a low cost, mounted, basic VHF radio? The display
has given out on my old radio. I am considering the Uniden Solara and would
appreciate comments on this model or suggestions for others.

Mark (the rail & canopy hook guy)
www.ripnet.com/vtf/prod03.htm

I would stay away from Uniden. Lokk at Kenwoods or Icom.

In article 1cHYd.62360$7z6.6536@lakeread04,
"Jack Painter" wrote:

I know that Bruce. I mentioned the "vessel" because it is for the owner of A
VESSEL, and cannot be transferred or used when the licensee goes to another
vessel. So it is "for life" only if it remains ON THAT VESSEL. Please grow
up or go back to your barstool.

Wrong again Jackie..... the Resricted Radiotelephone Operators Permit is
a PERSONAL Operators License and does NOT go with any Radio Station
License, one may, or may not have issued to a vessel or aircraft they
may own. It is also REQUIRED to be in the possession of any Pilot who
makes an International Flight, or who flys outside US airspace and under
a Non-US Flight Control Center. It is NOT tied to any vessel or
aircraft, and is a Lifetime Permit, for that reason. You may change
vessels or aircraft and Station Licenses for them, but you NEVER need to
change your Resricted Radiotelephone Operators Permit.


Here you go mixing up licenses again, forgetting the title and topic of
this newsgroup is RECREATIONAL boating. Only a Restricted Operators
permit is required for a recreational boater who wants to visit a
foreign port. His boat can remain "covered by the rule" which means no
station license for VHF-only, and the ROP covers his carriage of the
radio, whether he uses it OR NOT, in a foreign port.

Jackie, you need a bit of a refresher in your International Radio Law,
son..
If a US Flagged vessel is fitted with a VHF radio, and Licensed under
the Blanket License Rule, and leaves US Waters and enters a foreign
port, it is as if he had NO Authorization for the fitted Radio. Said
radio would not be covered under International Law to transmit under any
circiumstance, baring a Distress Transmission. It doesn't matter if it
is a "recreational boater" or not. I am not "mixing up" anything, just
presenting the FACTS of International Maritime Radio Law, which you seem
to not be able to grasp. A Restricted Radiotelephone Operators Permit
is NOT a Station License, and confers no Authority to Fit, or imply
Legality of Carriage, that requires a Station License. Station and
Operator Licenses are two DIFFERENT things. How hard can this be to
graps?

That's called being "covered by the rule" and does not permit a vessel
to dock in a foreign port, which is why it's another of your useless
comments that serves only the interests of your strange ego.

This has absolutly nothing to do with "dock in a foreign port" in anyway.
A US Flagged vessel may certainly "dock in a foreign port" with a fitted
VHF Radio that would be Licensed in US waters under the Blanket License
Rule, the Operator just could not legally make any Transmissions from
inside the waters of another country, or communicate with any station,
once he entered the waters of another country. Why is this so hard for
you to grasp? Actually, in some countries, it is a CRIME to have a
Radiotelephone fitted, and no Internationally Recognized License for
such a Radio, and they maybe impounded by the Government, whos water
your in.

The Rules have not changed, since the last time I reveiwed the IMO Annual
Meeting Minutes. I was never a "field-rep", in fact I was Field Agant
dually sworn, with the same Oath that you took, upon entering the USCG,
no claim, just FACT. I still have my Badge, and cancelled Credentials,
as do all Retired and RIF'd Field Agants.


Bruce in alaska

--
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add a 2 before @
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P.O. Box EXI Excursion Inlet South
Juneau, Alaska 99850 Excursion Inlet, Alaska 99850
www.btpost.net www.99850.net

In article ,
Larry W4CSC wrote:

The best feature of FRS radios is you can say whatever you like without
some kilocycle cop/boater or CG guy bitching at you to get the hell off his
channel....(c;

God did Jackie Painter, bite your ass too..... He does get around...


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