Bluecanoe2_at_aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 1/24/1999 10:09:45 PM EST, dkruger_at_pacifier.com writes: > > << Yes, and yes. You will need a "Ship/Aircraft Radio Station License," which > was good for 10 years when I got mine, and a "Restricted Radiotelephone > Operator Permit," which is good indefinitely, I believe. If you contact > the appropriate FCC office for the region of the US in which you live, they > should be able to send you a packet of info which will detail the whole > process for you. Or, use the info below. > > Nope! Wrong and wrong! This all changed recently. One no longer needs the > licenses in teh US, BUT if a US citz goes to Mexico or Canada, they need a > license, so that means you need a US license if you are going abroad IF they > honor US licenses. Reread the post, John -- the context was for using the radio *in other countries,* particularly Canada and Mexico, *not the US!*. Also re-read the excerpt from the FCC web site I posted. 'Fraid it's "right, right." -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jan 25 1999 - 06:52:35 PST
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