FCC SHIP RADIO STATION LICENSE
APPLIES TO:
ALL VESSELS WITH TRANSMITTING EQUIPMENT. THIS INCLUDES
EPIRB, RADAR, SSB RADIO, RADIOTELEPHONE (VHF), FACSIMILE,
SATELLITE, AND RADIOTELEGRAPH EQUIPMENT.
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REQUIREMENTS:
-Original Statlon Llcense on board.
-Name/number of vessel correct.
-License not expired.
-License lists authorized frequencies.
-License stamped with the FCC seal.
-Licensee listed, the current owner or manager of the vessel.
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STANDARD:
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INSTRUCTORS NOTES:
-If a Ship Radio License has just recently been applied for, a vessel
should have a copy FCC Form 506-A for use as a temporary permit.
-FCC Ship Radio Licenses are renewed every 5 years. In some cases
newly acquired equipment may not appear on the permlt. The license
MUST be renewed when new equlpment is added.
-Individuals are not required to have a personal operators permlt as
long as the vessel does not dock in a foreign port, or leave from a
foreign port to dock in a U.S. port.
-CB radlo's and Cellular phones are exempt.
-All radio transmitting equipment types which are permitted for use
aboard that vessel are listed on the station llcense.
-The FCC can be contacted at the following address:
Federal Communications Commission
Marine Ship Servlce
P.O. Box 358275
Pittsburg, PA 15251-5275
tel: (717) 337-1212
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REFERENCES: 47 CFR 80.405, 46 CFR 28.150
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