Larry W4CSC wrote:

You are posting the nonsense. See my other post and READ THE REGS I posted
there. You must NOT operate any GMDSS on a LICENSED SHIP STATION until you
have the GMDSS Operator's License, even if your boat is a goddamn rowboat!

Sorry, larry, you missed again. Read the regs or talk to a West Marine
salesman. They know more than you do.

You must also read the regulations to understand that you do NOT have to be
a STCW radio operator to be a licensed GMDSS operator. READ THE REGS in
references I posted to another responder.....it's all there.

If you don't sail as a licensed officer on a ship that requires a GMDSS
installation by international treaty and stand a bridge watch, you do
not need a GMDSS license. If you want to repair GMDSS equipment you need
a maintainer's license. If you are a watchstanding officer who is
required by the Coast Guard to hold a GMDSS license you must also have a
GMDSS endorsement on your STCW certificate.

Any fool can get a GMDSS license, very few NEED one.

The old unionized radio operators are now a dead issue once compulsory
ships get rid of their Morse equipment. Most ROs are not being renewed in
their cushy union jobs.

A little bit jealous are you?

Old information. CG has turned GMDSS operator and maintainer licensing
over to the FCC. There's a reference to just this point on the FCC
webpages I quoted to another responder.

If you knew anything about GMDSS you would know that the FCC has always
handled the licensing. The CG is charge with enforcing the IMO
regulations that established the GMDSS requirements for SOLAS vessels.

And the FCC still doesn't seem to list you as anything other than a ham
radio operator. That would explain why you seem so confused about this
issue.

Rick