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My ICOM is type certified but is capable of operating on both marine SSB and HAM freqs. Yes, I did not mention the restricted radio telephone operators permit. My oops.
I am HAM licensed and do know people who use HAM rigs that have marine station and operators licenses and use them on both. In short they are fully licensed. Their rigs are just not type certified. They could not, for instance, push a button for automatic distress call nor are they DSC capable. Interestingly, older SSB rigs do not have these capabilities either.
I was trying to point out that you don't have to choose between SSB and HAM, one can have both with the same rig. Filling out a form and a few $$ is all it takes to get the station and operator licenses. Getting a HAM General ticket is a lot more work even if they have dropped the code requirement.
George
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Last edited by Sunspot Baby; 16-11-2007 at 11:03.
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