Michael Daly wrote: > This is true. However, ISTR a case in the US many years ago when a > person _was_ prosecuted for using a marine VHF without license in an > emergency. There was a lot of discussion about it at the time, since it > was an example of how you do use the radio at your risk. I don't > remember any other details - it may have been that the officials and the > user differed on their interpretation of what constituted an emergency. Oh, boy. I wish you had more details on this. If it had hit the news within the last 10 years, I would have really paid attention. Anybody recall this? If this happened, it would really put the squelch on someone in an iffy situation who had a sub-legal rig. A bad set of choices: use the radio, and invite legal problems; keep quiet, and possibly die. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Nov 18 2006 - 01:00:15 PST
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