Cobra Electronics MR HH400X VP warranty FCC Licensing Information VHF Marine Radio Procedures

FCC Licensing Information

VHF Marine Radio Procedures

VHF Marine Radio Protocols

International station license

If your vessel will be entering the sovereign waters of a country other than the U.S.A. or Canada, you should contact that country’s communications regulatory

VHF Marine Radio Protocols

VHF Marine Radio Procedures

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authority for licensing information.

Radio call sign

Currently, the FCC does not require recreational boaters to have a license. The United States Coast Guard recommends that the boat’s registration number and state of registry (e.g., Illinois 1234 AB) be used as a call sign and be clearly visible on the vessel.

Canadian ship station license

This portable VHF radiotelephone is suitable ONLY for voluntary carriage onboard Canadian ships NOT subject to the Ship Station (Radio) Regulations, 1999. You may need a license if your vessel is operated in Canadian waters. Please contact the nearest field office or write: Industry of Canada, Radio Regulatory Branch,

Attn: DOSP, 300 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C8.

User responsibility and operating locations

All users are responsible for observing domestic and foreign government regulations and are subject to severe penalties for violations. The VHF frequencies on your radio are reserved for marine use and require a special license to operate from land, including when your boat is on its trailer.

NOTE

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is

subject to the following two (2) conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

FCC Warnings: Replacement or substitution of transistors, regular diodes, or other parts of a unique nature, with parts other than those recommended by Cobra® may cause a violation of the technical regulations of part 80 of the FCC Rules, or violation of type acceptance requirements of part 2 of the rules.

Whenever your boat is underway, the radio must be turned On and be tuned to Channel 16 except when being used for messages.

Power

Try one (1) watt first if the station being called is within a few miles.

If there is no answer, switch to a higher power. This will conserve your battery and minimize interference to other users.

Calling coast stations

Call a coast station on its assigned channel. You may use Channel 16 when you do not know the assigned channel.

Calling other vessels

Call other vessels on Channel 16 or on Channel 9. (Channel 9 is preferred for recreational vessel use.) You may also call on ship-to-ship channels when you know that the vessel is listening on a ship-to-ship channel.

Limits on calling

You must not call the same station for more than 30 seconds at a time.

If you do not get a reply, wait at least two (2) minutes before calling again. After three (3) calling periods, wait at least 15 minutes before calling again.

Change channels

After contacting another station on a calling channel, change immediately to a channel which is available for the type of message you want to send.

Station identification

Identify, in English, your station by your FCC call sign, ship name, the state registration number, or other official number at both the beginning and end of each message.

Prohibited communications

You MUST NOT transmit:

■False distress or emergency messages.

■Messages containing obscene, indecent, or profane words or meaning.

■General calls, signals, or messages (messages not addressed to a particular station) on Channel 16, except in an emergency or if you are testing your radio.

■When you are on land.

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