Thread: Boat Rego Number

I prefer your VHF callsign being on the boat.

Originally Posted by mucko

I prefer your VHF callsign being on the boat.

Very few South Island rec boats have a call sign.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Very few South Island rec boats have a call sign.

if you have a VHF your meant to have a radio license and a call sign, but true not many will have either.

Originally Posted by mucko

if you have a VHF your meant to have a radio license and a call sign, but true not many will have either.

Yes you are ment to except in an emergency which is the main reason rec boatys have one...in case of emergency.
I have a commercial radio operators license but only as a result of my past employment....I considered getting a calsign when I bought my boat but couldnt think of any reason to spend another $350 bucks on something I dont need/wont use.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yes you are ment to except in an emergency which is the main reason rec boatys have one...in case of emergency.
I have a commercial radio operators license but only as a result of my past employment....I considered getting a calsign when I bought my boat but couldnt think of any reason to spend another $350 bucks on something I dont need/wont use.

I got one last year and it was much cheaper than that. However that is a handheld device that may be used on a number of small craft and more that one of those may be on the water at any given time.

If the name/code has to be unique then how can you know that it is unique unless there is a central register held somewhere? I wonder how well this has been thought through and hence enforceable.