[Elecraft] [OT] A Real SOS

[Phil Kane]

On 4/15/2012 9:26 AM, Doug Smith wrote:

> And, of course, once all that is accomplished one *still* needs a 2nd 
> Telegraph license!  It's an odd set of rules.  You need an FCC 1st or 
> 2nd Telegraph license in order to get the USCG License as an R/O.  But, 
> the FCC doesn't care about the 2nd Telegraph, they only require the 
> GMDSS license.  It's hilarious..

But how many ships still carry "ROs" as we knew them?  Any deck officer
can operate the radiotelephone or radiotelex.
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon