Larry W4CSC wrote:

There is no differences in voluntary and compulsory ships operating GMDSS
in any regulation I can find, except your voluntary ship isn't required to
have it in the first place.

If you want to operate it, you must comply with all the ship regulations
for it....TWO licensed GMDSS ops, REDUNDANT equipment and all!!

I don't know what you have been smoking but you have strange ideas about
radio regs on ships and pleasure boats.

Do you have a GMDSS license of any sort? The FCC seems to think otherwise.

Rick