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• Your radio license is not transferable. If you sell your boat, request the FCC to
cancel your station license.
If you replace your radio, you do not need to change your license unless the new
radio operates on another frequency band. If you install equipment to operate on
another freq ue nc y band, apply fo r mo d i fi c a t io n of your license.
• If you carr y more tha n si x pass enge rs fo r hi re, y our ve sse l mus t be cert ifie d as a
passenger-carrying vessel by the FCC and the Coast Guard.
Licensing Options for Hand Held Portable VHF Marine Transceivers 10 Watts
Power or Less
VHF Marine hand held transceivers can be operated and licensed as follows:
a) Associated Ship Unit:
A hand held VHF Marine transceiver can be operated under an existing vali d
ship station license under the following conditions only:
i) Except f or safet y purp oses, the ha nd held trans ceiver s must be used only t o
communicate with the ship station with which it is associated. Such associated
ship units MAY NOT be operated from shore.
ii) The transmitting power is limited to ONE WATT only.
iii) The hand held transceiver must be identified by the call sign of the ship
station along with its associated unit designator.
b) Portable Ship Station:
The Commission may grant a station license per mitting operation of a por table
ship station aboard different vessels of the United States. Each application (FCC
Form 506-Application for a Ship Radio Station License) for a portable ship
station license must include a showing that:
i) The station will be operated aboard aboard a vessel.
ii) A station license for portable equipment is necessary to eliminate separate
applications to a ship station aboard different vessels.