Just a few remarks to things other people already mentioned. I don't know were you live, and I am not 100% sure what the legal requirements are for using a VHF radio in the USA. Here in Canada you would need a " restricted operators licence maritime" to carry and use a VHF radio on your boat. Idea of this is to make sure people know the dos and don'ts in radio communication (like that it is a NO NO to use a VHF radio for land communication). You won't need a station licence (sucha thing would register your boat and asign you a call sign, and costs a annual fee ~40CAD). This paperwork (operators licence yes, station licence no) would be also sufficient for a trip to the US (or vice versa, bilateral agreement). Traveling to other parts of the world (like those French islands in the Northumberland Strait just off PEI) make a station licence mandatory. Operating a radio without proper certification can get you in deep shit ($$$ and even jail). In a live and dead situation I wouldn't care , but..... Everythingelse was already mentioned. Cheers Ulli _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Dec 07 2001 - 18:40:43 PST
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