Radio Licencing

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Contents 1 HF Radio Licencing 1.1 Introduction 1.2 General Licencing Requirements 1.3 Regional Requirements (if different) 1.3.1 USA 1.3.2 Australia 1.3.3 other 1.4 References and Publications 1.5 External Links 1.6 Forum Discussions 1.7 Personal Notes 2 Page Navigation

HF Radio Licencing

Introduction

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General Licencing Requirements

HF Radio, both SSB and "HAM" are subject to licensing. Marine radio licenses belong to the vessel and are therefore issued by the "flag" of the vessel. HAM licenses are issued to an individual - usually by the country of citizenship.

Regional Requirements (if different)

USA

The use of HF radio requires certain protocols - see the FCC Website (covers VHF Marine Radio as well).

Australia

In Australia you need to go through the following procedure if you have an HF radio on board:

• Obtain an Apparatus License for your boat from ACMA. The license you want is a Class B non-assigned license. This will also give you an HF call sign (like "VXX 9999" or similar). See here for more information and links to the documents.
• Obtain a Maritime Radio Certificate of Proficiency for yourself. Generally the one you want is the Marine Radio Operators Certificate of Proficiency (MROCP) (not the MROVCP which is for VHF only). These are issued by AMSA, generally through the Australian Maritime College Office of Maritime Communications, or a TAFE college, Coastguard or Coastal Patrol course, or similar. Also see here for more information at the ACMA site.
• Optionally, once you have these, you may want a Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) for your boat. This is really only useful if you have a DSC equipped HF radio on board. Currently most Australian shore stations operating on VHF only do not support DSC, only the HF stations do, and so you may find that a MMSI is of limited benefit even if you have, say, a DSC equipped VHF radio. Note that you can only get a MMSI if you have both a HF license or call sign for your boat and also a MROCP for yourself.
• Once you have a MMSI, that can be included with your Australian Ship Registration, and potentially programmed into any DSC equipped VHF or HF radios on board, as well as your (406MHz) EPIRB.

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References and Publications

External Links

Forum Discussions

List links to discussion threads on partnering forums. (see link for requirements)

Personal Notes

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