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.
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
Yes, some years back, I was on the ENDEAVOUR replica sailing up the California coast. Within 12 miles of the coast (well marked on the chart) I was N6TQS; outside that 12 miles, I was VK4??? (I've forgotten). I really wanted to get on a LEO and work US stations with a VK4 call, but the weather was bad, all northerlies, and we hugged the coast the whole way up. 73, doug
On 01-Mar-11 16:17, Tony Langdon wrote:
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.
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
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