Elias, I have carried a VHF Marine radio in my PFD for some ten years now here in the US and in Gulfo de California. I've never been stopped or inspected. A few hand waves from USCG and US Park Service as the "flew" by in their power boats. Never had to use Channel 16/9. Occasionally the CG will come on for a quick communicaiton. The weather channel has been a useful feature. As a group we have used the VHF upper end channels for minimal group communication and to monitor local communication and ship communicaiton so we can stay out of the way of the big boats. I generally paddle bays, esteros and coast waters. I carry the radio as part of my safety gear along with a whistle, strobe, mirror (rafting guide days) and some hand held flares and rockets and my cell phone. Never been stopped - never fined. John Santa Rosa, CA Arluk III Tofino LongHaul MK1 Elias Ross <generic_elias_at_yahoo.com> wrote: By the way, has anybody out there been caught and fined for operating a VHF radio without a license in Canada or the U.S.? I'd just as soon be fined than support some inane bureaucracy which was designed for a different class of watercraft. ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Mar 13 2007 - 06:18:17 PDT
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