VHF radio Licence

[Mick-Storer]

Hi all. I'm applying for a VHF radio users licence. Do I apply for the "Ship Portable Radio Licence" or the "Ship radio Licence". I have a portable set which will be used in the kayak and a fixed set in the RIB.

[boristhebold]

I think you should apply for both and associated the fixed set with the boat, the portable one you would want to associate with the boat and the kayak if you would be using it on both, if just the kayak then associate the portable one only with the kayak.

[paulbrown22]

Agreed - you could register the portable on a Ship's Radio Licence for the RIB, if you are only going to use it on the RIB, but if you want to use the portable on a range of craft, technically you should have a Ship Portable Radio Licence for it, which gives you a transportable callsign/T-number.

Given they don't cost anything, no harm in having both types of licence!

Note that these are not a "radio users licence", but the physical equipment licensing. The user licensing/certification is the RYA VHF SRC course/certificate, which is technically required (other than in emergency situations) before you use the VHF radio equipment.

[GuyC]

As above

Fixed VHF - Ship's radio license registered to the boat

Handheld VHF - Ship's portable radio license. There won't be any vessel details to fill in and you'll get a "T" number and a separate MMSI if the handheld has DSC functionality.