An VHF-FM license is no longer required for boats in US waters, unless
thay are commercial. Thay are still required inside us waters for all
boats.

Sorry fot the typo's, right hand is in a splint.

A VHF-FM license is no longer required for boats inside US waters,
unless they are commercial.

They are still required when outside US waters.

Not at all,

Unless the US has secured world domination, the US governement has no legal
right to inspect any vessel other than their own outside US waters. A
boarding of say, a Danish sailing boat in the mid Atlantic is legaly an
occupation of foreign territory. Nor would a VHF-FM radio be any good 3000
km from the nearest shore unless there were another VHF enabled vessel
within about 15 - 20 nm.

Boarding vessels from rouge governements in the name of terror protection is
a questionable defence, in particular when no conterfeit goods are found.
But it's probably hard to argue this looking straight into the wrong end of
a gun.


ottar

Sorry fot the typo's, right hand is in a splint.

A VHF-FM license is no longer required for boats inside US waters,
unless they are commercial.

They are still required when outside US waters.

In article .com,
"Leonard" wrote:

Sorry fot the typo's, right hand is in a splint.

A VHF-FM license is no longer required for boats inside US waters,
unless they are commercial.

They are still required when outside US waters.


Actually not quite accurate. Licensing is only required if you
communicate with a Coast Station of another country. If you just
sail out past the 20 mile Limit, but don't enter another countries
waters, or communicate with another countries Coast Stations,
you are still covered by the Blanket US License if your vessel
is US flagged. This is, however, a very minor distinction.

Bruce in alaska
--
add a 2 before @

In article iAUVd.43935$xt.17799@fed1read07,
"William Andersen" wrote:

No matter what you get, if you're going to work from a boat I think you're
required to also have a VHF-FM radio. Seems to me I read it in Chapman's.

thuss" wrote in message
oups.com...
I would go to your local HAM store and talk to them about gear. There
are a lot of choices out there from tiny mobile QRP type rigs to larger
base stations that will all work in your boat or RV. I would start out
by getting a rig setup that's capable of doing packet and then adding a
pactor or similar into the mix later.

-Todd




Well not exactly......... Any uninspected US Flagged vessel is NOT
required to have any radio aboard, unless:
1. It is longer than 20 Meters
2. It is towing
3. It is required by The Fishing Vessel Safety Act.....
4. It is a Small Passenger Vessel with more than six passengers aboard.
(I guess that would make it Inspected)

If a Marine MF/HF radio is fitted then a Marine VHF Radio MUST be fitted
as well, but if a Ham Radio is fitted there is no requirement for a
Marine VHF Radio to be fitted.

Bruce in alaska
--
add a 2 before @

Problem is powering a HF transmitter with enough wattage without draining
your batteries.



wrote in message
...
I have a general class ham license but have been out of
it a LONG time

I want to get back into some form of free ham radio
comms that would allow me to stay in touch with people
while living in an RV or boat

So.... I want something small and compact. And Im not
sure what "mode" of communications I want. I may want
some form of digital comms like packet or pactor....
not sure

Any advice on all this? What to get equip wise? What
modes to get into?

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:23:41 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Problem is powering a HF transmitter with enough wattage without draining
your batteries.

=============================

Have you ever heard of:

- generators?
- alternators?
- solar panels?
- wind powered generators?

That's how most people do it except for the ocassional hand cranked
generator advocate.

solar power is inefficient, generators are noisy, wind generators are
expensive..

Plus, when you key down on 1000 watts what type of antenna are you going to
be using? A yagi on your mast? Weird!


"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:23:41 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Problem is powering a HF transmitter with enough wattage without draining
your batteries.

=============================

Have you ever heard of:

- generators?
- alternators?
- solar panels?
- wind powered generators?

That's how most people do it except for the ocassional hand cranked
generator advocate.

Only a nut would try to run 1000 watts on a small boat.

"Falky foo" wrote in message
m...
solar power is inefficient, generators are noisy, wind generators are
expensive..

Plus, when you key down on 1000 watts what type of antenna are you going
to
be using? A yagi on your mast? Weird!


"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:23:41 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

Problem is powering a HF transmitter with enough wattage without
draining
your batteries.

=============================

Have you ever heard of:

- generators?
- alternators?
- solar panels?
- wind powered generators?

That's how most people do it except for the ocassional hand cranked
generator advocate.

"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
:

Only a nut would try to run 1000 watts on a small boat.


Input or output? Input - Guilty...(c;

My 12V Tentec Hercules II (modified) only puts output about 650 watts at
13.8V/120 amps peak. Tuner is a Nye-Viking 3KW manual tuner feeding the
port shroud via the chain plate inside a cabinet. Anyone with a Hercules
II I can get you 15-20% more output easy....just get rid of the cheapies
inside.

POWER is our friend!....especially when the CHIPS ARE DOWN! Everyone said
it was LOUD on 40 and 75 meters! The CD player wasn't amused,
however....(sigh). Some cabin lights glowed quite nicely!

Dare ya to touch the mast.....(c;

I don't think the amp with the dual 4-1000As will fit through the hatch.
There's no 30A - 240VAC to run it on, anyways....

150 watts just sucks!

Nut.....(c;