By international treaty, anywhere you go outside of US waters requires a station license and an operators permit, even for VHF. If you apply for them you are immediately granted temporary licenses. You can get the forms on the internet from the fcc web site. Print them, fill them out and mail them in. There is enclosed a temporary form for you to fill out and carry with you until the real license arrives.
I don't think that the operator permit cost anything but you need to apply separately for it. They probably don't check over there but I would go ahead and get them. It can save a lot of hassle if they do decide to check. The same for your customs sticker too. You can apply for it and you are ok until it arrives. They must now be orderd by mail or the internet too. You can no longer go to the customs office and pick it up. If you return to the US before you get the sticker you just tell customs that it is applied for and they will tell you to call them with the number when it arrives.
Regards Gary. If you return to the US before. SInce when - we went to the Customs office in Miami at the end of Feb to pick ours up. Have they changed since then? Should I be concerned?
Do they really check? Customs never told me that when I came back from the Bahamas to Florida. It wasn't until I entered Puerto Rico a few years later that the local customs official said boats under 30 feet didn't require one. I don't know when they started but I just got one a couple of weeks ago.
Went to the customs office at one of the airports in Ft. Lauderdale and was told it was now only done by mail. Also called Port Everglades customs office and was told the same thing. If you have a boat registered in the US and you travel to a foreign country and return you need a customs sticker as far as I know.
Is there a situation that you don't? I didn't know that. I guess they figure a boat under 30 feet can't haul enough contra ban to be worth worrying about? They may check if you are operating without a call sign. If you are US vessel, and you leave the US, then you need a ship station license for your transmitters. One license will cover them all. Like the station license, the restricted radio telephone operator permit is easy to get - just file the form with your check.
These are general international requirements - applicable to just about everywhere. You normally get authorization to operate as soon as you file. Jumps from to Know where I can find that form on the web? Or might it be form and it's various sub-forms now? I believe that there is one exception - Canada. According to the Canadian rules, we Canadians don't need a station licence when travelling to the US. Since this is apparently due to some treaty, I assume that Americans won't require a station licence in Canada.
In Canada, we still require an Operator's Certificate. Not real sure about Canada, but if an operators permit is required there by a US ship I would make a small bet that a ships license is also required.
I wonder if in Canada you are required to have a station license on a ship registered there? I am not sure if a foreign ship is required to have a license when operating in US waters, since we don't require it of our own. VHF use only Regards Gary. It's at: www. Yes, as I think my previous message implied, almost all Canadian vessels do not require a station licence while operating in Canada or the US.
VHF use only. The Canadian rules indicate that the exemption from licencing in other countries is subject to treaty agreements - The US and Canada have an appropriate treaty with each other, but Canada does not have similar agreements with any additional countries. So, what happens next? Do I get something in the mail, e-mail, fax? And can I use my printouts showing that I registered, paid, etc. So, now what? Does the official license come in the mail, e-mail, fax?
And do you think I can use my printouts showing that I submitted and paid on-line until my original arrives? There is a form that you fill out and keep with you that is your temporary license. You use I think Kxx and your documentation number as your temporary call sign. They tell you on the form.
Include a copy of your US license, passport or birth certificate. In turn, URCA will send you a license to operate for that period. You may specify the call sign you wish,but they have been issuing reciprocal call signs similar to your US call sign.
These are reciprocal licenses, not permanent annual licenses. Leave a lot of leeway time for the URCA to respond prior to your trip, unless you are going to appear in person Expect a minimum 2 hours wait.
You may use email with a credit card authorization also on the URCA web page for the entire process which is the quickest method of all. The Bahamians do not require either the operator or station license. Flocker , Mar 15, I've had one since I wonder if it's still good?
I've heard they don't expire, but never bothered to confirm it one way or the other. JasonM , Mar 15, As Ron said: never been asked there or in Mexico.
Went last summer and made several inter-island hops. Now, their fees are another matter entirely g. Tried to collect them several times from me I had paid them once. FBO even tried billing me and I declined the charge. Best, Dave. Dave Siciliano , Mar 15, Last edited: Mar 15, BillTIZ , Mar 15, Brad Z , Mar 15, JM, it looks like you have your questions answered, but just be warned, things are changing in the Bahamas all the time. Their laws and regulations change overnight with no warning.
Americans are seen to be money makers for the Government, and they continually look at ways to get more out of travelers there. Its is true no one checks for a radio license for you or your airplane at this time, but in writing, it is required. It does not take much to get your required license, a fellow flier has posted the way to get it.
It would not surprise me to arrive one day and be asked for mine, if not they may have a fine waiting, only to raise money for the Government.
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