Raymarine RAY73 - Licensing; General Radio Operating Rules

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.1Licensing
Priortousingthisproductforthefirsttime,pleasecheckyournationalrequirementsforboth
operatorandequipmentlicensing.
Important:Itisyourresponsibilitytodeterminewhetheralicenseisrequiredinyourarea
beforeoperatingthisequipment.
Inmanyregions,thefollowingauthorizationsarerequiredfromtherelevantregulatoryauthority:
1.ShipS
tationVHFlicense;
2.Operator’slicense;
3.MMSI(MaritimeMobileServiceIdentity)number.
LicensesaretypicallyissuedbytheNationalRegulatoryAuthorities(NRAs)ineachcountry.
Important:
ItmayalsobenecessarytoobtainanOperator’ slicensebeforeanMMSInumbercanbeobtained
foryourvessel.TheDSCfunctionsoftheradiowillnotworkwithoutavalidMMSInumber.For
moreinformation,referto:p.30—ObtainMMSI(MaritimeMobileServiceIdentity)number
9 .2Generalradiooperatingrules
ImportantgeneralrulestoabidebywhenoperatingVHFradios.
1.Alwaysidentifyyourselfusingacallsignwhenmakingcallsorsendingmessages;however,do
NOTuseyourpersonalnametoidentifyyourself.
2.DoNOTtransmitwithouttheauthorityofthemasterofthevessel.
3.DoNOTtransmitwithouttheauthorityofapersonwiththeauthoritytooperatetheradio.
4.DoNOTtransmitafalsedistresscall.
5.DoNOTturnoffyourradiobeforefinishingalloperationsrelatedtoadistressorurgency.
6.DoNOTbroadcast(i.e.transmittingwithoutexpectingaresponse).
7.DoNOTmakeunnecessarytransmissions.
8.Avoidtheuseofprofanities.
9.Onlyusemarinefrequencies.
10.DoNOTbroadcastmusic.
11.DoNOTtransmitamessageintendedforanaddressonshoreinplaceofaphone.
12.DoNOTtransmitamessagewhichisintendedforashore-basedstation.
13.Maintainconfidentialityinallconversations.
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