Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: jettabambino on August 23, 2005, 10:36:21 PM
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I am thinking of buying long range radios for fishing and hunting... Not the FRS system but ones that work at a longer range similair to a CB. Was wondering if anyone could reccomend a brand and model .....
Also the big question is do we require Licensing for this..... How much is it and where do you get it...
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some of you boys must have these in your boats.... you would know.... Need to know as i am going hunting with my dad and i want to have contact with him for his safety...
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You may be talking about the VHF Marine Radios. I have one in my boat and a hand held....Atlantis .... Uniden....it'll run you a couple hundred dollars for each set. As far as I know you don't need a license to use them. No one I know on the lake has licenses and neither do I.
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I believe you DO need a license to operate a marine VHF. Even a hand held.....
"VHF Operator's license: Any person who uses the radio to transmit must have a Restricted Radiotelephone Operator's Certificate (ROC)."
CDN Power Squadron is the outfit licensed by the feds to grant licenses but I think you can take the course through several organizations.
There is also a requirement to have the actual radio (system) licensed in some boats and I believe (most) pleasure boats radios are exempt from this.
Nikko
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I believe you will need a license for VHF/UHF and may have to take a test. Check this site out http://www.rac.ca/ which has some info. I personally just went with the cb because it seems more people have them and VHF/UHF radios can't communicate on CB frequencies so unless all your friends have em your screwed.
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I got my licence @ night school through the Vancouver School Board-piece o' cake.