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    Quote Originally Posted by AlanH View Post
    While having a station up on the bluffs, a couple hundred feet above the water and with a clear view of the whole Gulf of the Farallones would do wonders for communication, it doesn't do a whole lot if the beefiest radio that someone is carrying is a 3 watt handheld on a pair of really low AA batteries...
    ...which is why for races outside the Gate, SSS now requires 25 watts:

    SSI's revised 2/28/09

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    Quote Originally Posted by AlanH View Post
    Are there regulations that prohibit the use of a Marine VHF transciever from a shore-based station?
    Yes, if you are not a licensed shore station.

    http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/ind...Communications

    Using Hand-Held Marine VHF Radios on Land
    You must have a special license, called a marine utility station license, to operate a hand-held marine radio from land -- a ship station license IS NOT sufficient. You may apply for this license by filing FCC Forms 159 and 605 with the FCC. To be eligible for a marine utility station license, you must generally provide some sort of service to ships or have control over a bridge or waterway. Additionally, you must show a need to communicate using hand-held portable equipment from both a ship and from coast locations. Each unit must be capable of operation while being hand-carried by an individual. The station operates under the rules applicable to ship stations when the unit is aboard a ship, and under the rules applicable to private coast stations when the unit is on land.

    YOU MUST NOT TRANSMIT --

    * False distress or emergency messages.
    * Messages containing obscene, indecent, or profane words or meaning.
    * General calls, signals, or messages on channel 16, except in an emergency or if you are testing your radio (these are messages not addressed to a particular station), or
    * When your ship is on land (for example, while the ship is on a trailer).

    - rob/beetle
    Last edited by tiger beetle; 04-10-2009 at 03:57 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tiger beetle View Post
    Using Hand-Held Marine VHF Radios on Land
    You must have a special license, called a marine utility station license, to operate a hand-held marine radio from land -- a ship station license IS NOT sufficient. You may apply for this license by filing FCC Forms 159 and 605 with the FCC. To be eligible for a marine utility station license, you must generally provide some sort of service to ships or have control over a bridge or waterway. Additionally, you must show a need to communicate using hand-held portable equipment from both a ship and from coast locations.
    Then there's the reality... which is that no one has a license for handhelds and that they freely use them to communicate between shore parties and their boats. At least that has been my observation.
    - Mark
    Last edited by Alchera; 04-10-2009 at 04:52 PM.

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