Larry wrote in
:

Geoff Schultz wrote in
:

If you're in international waters, what jurisdiction does the FCC
have?

-- Geoff



If you are a US Flagged vessel, FCC has worldwide control of your ship
station, its licenses and YOU!

Thanks for making me laugh at the absurdity of the above statement! But
really, what control does the FCC have over a vessel in international
waters?

Many countries have difficulty inforcing their own laws, let alone the US
FCC laws. How many countries do you think have laws even covering this
type of transmission? Are you telling me that when I've been using DSC to
call another boat anchored at an atol off of Belize, that I should have
been worried about a USCG ship pulling up to me and citing me for some FCC
regulation that they claim that I've broken? If so, I laugh in your
general direction!

It seems that no one is enforcing these laws in the US let alone in
international waters. To me it appears that this discussion is much ado
about nothing. It reminds me of an article that I recently saw talking
about jobs that I could legally do in my own house without bringing in a
professional and/or pulling a permit. I was really glad to see that I've
never done any of them! :-)

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org