In the old days there were some pretty creaky old timers out there. But, the newer SOLAS requirements pretty much put an end to that.
Now, anyone working on a ship has to have gone through a couple of days of "survival swimming", a couple of days of ship-board fire fighting training, etc. etc. I suppose it depends on which training facility one attends but the various courses are somewhat rigorous and a good many people wash-out. 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.. 73, -Doug, W7KF http://www.w7kf.com On 04/15/2012 07:00 AM, drewko wrote: > Hah, hah... I imagine it was a real judgement call for the FCC > inspector as to just how thoroughly the lifeboat radio must be tested > while some ancient "sparks" was grinding away wheezing and sputtering > at the crank... > > 73, > Drew > AF2Z ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
