using my 2 way radio

[sasto]

Re: using my 2 way radio

You can install and listen to the VHF but you are supposed to have a license to transmit a message. I believe the test is still free and the license is for life. There are organizations like the Canadian Power Squadroned who charge for a training coarse, But I just got a book and studied.
There is a fine, but I don't know how they would enforce it.

He is in WV. Not required. The States did away with this some time ago. .

 

[coolbri70]

Re: using my 2 way radio

i remember as a teenager, my dad had to pass a test to use his, he went to a coast gaurd school, where he learned the rules and chart reading type stuff. so i figured it was not for chatting. i would like to go to school like he did, but i dont live near the bay like him, ahd i havn't heard of any my way, so i'm trying to learn as much as i can on my own reading this forum. seems whenever i search for answers online, it allmost allways leads me back here

 

[rbh]

Re: using my 2 way radio

In Canada it's only commercial vessels that are required to monitor 16.
One advantage of having to write a test, most people learn the regulations.

The one I had to do when I worked SAR was through industry Canada, (application for a professionnal radio operators certificate
r1-3 land)
(16-900(194), paper #
Even thought I took my RTOP training through the military, I still needed to take it.

 

[hungupthespikes]

Re: using my 2 way radio

If you have a working VHF on board, you are REQUIRED to monitor channel 16 when not using another channel. It's obviously not an enforceable rule, but it's there.

Radio Watchkeeping Regulations

Simple, if you have one, turn it on.