[Elecraft] OT: Now: shipboard callsigns, was: W vs K broadcast station callsigns,

Thu Oct 8 21:29:35 EDT 2020

>From the FCC ULS:
KOHZ is assigned to The U. S. Coast Guard.Vessel Information:Ship
name: Oliver Hazard Perry Ship number: 1257224 Licensed to: Oliver
Hazard Perry Rhode Island

On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 3:34 PM Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >You can have a licensed radiotelegraph station, OR
> >you can have small boats with permanent radio installations.
> >In 2014/5 I got OLIVER HAZARD PERRY the callsign KOHZ by citing that rule when
> >we did our original application, and installed radios in our small boats.
>
> Interesting.  There is currently no vessel of that name nor record of a vessel with callsign KOHZ in the ITU maritime callsign database.
>
>   https://www.itu.int/mmsapp/ShipStation/list
>
> Mike / KK5F