In the US all that's required is a valid Ship Station license and a lifetime Restricted Radiotelephone Operator's permit. No testing required! The Ship Station license is good for 10 years and is non-transferable. If you want to use the ham bands in US or Canada you have to pass an exam. More info is available on the ARRL website. You have to see if your radio will operate on the ham bands. Jerry
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 15, 2018, at 2:22 PM, Andrew Burton via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Call sign is different from the MMSI. Often for boats it's something like > WTF1234. > Andy > > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > +401 965-5260 > >> On Aug 15, 2018, at 14:19, Dan via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >> Yes I can get an MMSI number for free from the Canadian government but it >> just gives me a number I can use/say over the air... I guess in an emergency >> they can use it to look up my vessel data, etc. and save a lot of questions >> in a crisis - they will probably ask those questions regardless. >> >> Dan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
