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Forum: Marine Electronics 02-04-2019, 15:38
Replies: 137
Views: 125,437
Posted By HankOnthewater
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

ScubaTyke
"Just bought a new to me boat, can anybody tell me how to reset the MMSI on;

- ICOM IC-M506
- FURUNO FM-8500"

Here is another thread on the Icom units.... with how to program the...
Forum: Marine Electronics 06-08-2017, 17:26
Replies: 137
Views: 125,437
Posted By HankOnthewater
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

Funny that, Brooke was the one I emailed with too! I won't show her surname on a public forum, but I was impressed! Hehehe, maybe anyone reading this and needing to deal with AMSA could/should ask...
Forum: Marine Electronics 06-08-2017, 16:45
Replies: 137
Views: 125,437
Posted By HankOnthewater
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

Thank you Wotname, Island Hopper and StuM, to clarify this matter for me. And I guess JasonL had his question answered in the meantime as well!

Hmmm, my EPIRBs are 'programmed' with my MMSI....
Forum: Marine Electronics 06-08-2017, 06:24
Replies: 137
Views: 125,437
Posted By HankOnthewater
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

You might be right in that, although I was under the impression that it was mandatory with the 406 beacons.
Hmmm, need to so some checking.

On checking the AMSA website here: Using your beacon -...
Forum: Marine Electronics 06-08-2017, 05:47
Replies: 137
Views: 125,437
Posted By HankOnthewater
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

IslandHopper and Auspiscious already partly answered your question. The first 3 digits show the country code (see also post #13 in this thread). When in Oz, you may be able to get away not to change...
Forum: Marine Electronics 16-10-2016, 19:59
Replies: 137
Views: 125,437
Posted By HankOnthewater
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

The first 3 digits of the MMSI indicate country of origin, see here for information: Table of Maritime Identification Digits (https://www.itu.int/online/mms/glad/cga_mids.sh) . When changing MMSI (see...
Forum: Marine Electronics 16-10-2016, 19:45
Replies: 137
Views: 125,437
Posted By HankOnthewater
Re: DIY MMSI (re)programming

I have only experience with Icom. When I purchased a new Icom VHF it was easy to program. I programmed that way 4 or 5 VHF and HF radios of others.
Now, I have to reprogram an HF radio (model IC...
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