At 08:41 AM 3/2/2011, Donald Jacob wrote:
I'm sorry, maybe I'm missing something. Wouldn't it be much easier to say (on web page or what ever since this topic has been address MANY MANY times) that you must check with the ships Captain and/or communications officer. Forget FCC or any other nation's communications authority, since once at sea the ship is totally under the authority of the Captain -- Maritime Law.
Permission for both maritime and aeronautical operation used to be part of the Australian regulations exam (I remember studying it). I'm not sure if that is still the case these days. In any case, who you had to get permission to operate from depended on both where the ship was registered, and where it was at the time (i.e. territorial waters or international waters) you were to be operating, but in all cases, the captain had to give consent (in addition to the various national authorities involved), from what I recall. That was the common thread.
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