"Roger Long" wrote in
:

Once in Canadian waters where the
applicabile regulations require the ship station and operators'
licences, thus the call sign, I will switch over to using the
callsign.


"Stray Dog, Stray Dog, this is Lionheart, WDB6254, ovah?"

(long hissing noise while Joe rummages around looking for the wireless
VHF mic I installed with the new radio on Stray Dog.)

"Lionheart, Lionheart this is Stray Dog, WDF4261, go to 68, out."

Same exchange on Channel 68, if it's clear, of course.

AS you won't be there over a couple of minutes, you only need to id upon
COMPLETION of your transmissions. As far as I've ever known, you are
not required to use the callsign of the other ship, and that is common
practice identifying your station, even on HF.

Unlike ham radio, where we are REQUIRED to give our callsign at LEAST
every 10 minutes during our monologues which can go on for hours, ad
nauseum, I don't think I've ever seen an ID interval for marine radio
like that. It would be a good idea, however, to just say, "WDB6254 for
ID" every 10 minutes if the transmissions are going to be that
long....****ing everyone off on the channel.

"NMB, NMB, NMB this is WDB6254, sailing vessel "Lionheart", ovah...?"

(repeated the call 4 times and got no answer on Ch 16)

"Coast Guard Group Charleston, this is "Lionheart", ovah?"

(got an immediate response).....

They didn't know NMB was their callsign....I swear it!

Too funny....(c;

By the way, here's a very complete list of US Gummit callsigns,
including most all the USCG identities I found.
http://www.ominous-valve.com/feds.txt
KCC61 is the FBI in Boston. Until your ship license comes in, just use
their callsign. Noone will notice as noone seems to care.

73 DE WDB6254 SK SK

NNNN - They always put NNNN at the end of important-looking teletype
messages so you'll know when this blather ends and the next blather
begins....(c;