Comments on: MMSI Confusion: BoatUS MMSI Numbers?

By: ScottE

ScottE — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:00:30 +0000

It cost me $160 for a license+MMSI via the FCC, not the $250 reported above. Still a chunk of change, but $90 is $90!

By: Greg Dickerson

Greg Dickerson — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:23:28 +0000

Can you give me contact information on the change / replace MMSI? I have Cobra VHF model F80B .

Thank you,

By: wavepower

wavepower — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:39:35 +0000

Hi ivan,

Can you give us contact information?

By: ivan

ivan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:38:54 +0000

hey! i can help you, im work like a marine technician, so if you say me wich model of vhf you have, i can tell you how to replace the mmsi

By: R. Growler

R. Growler — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:08:52 +0000

Oh, btw.. I have never seen US ships in that kind of pickle. So I’m just advocating a less uscentric view (You are the only ones doing this.. legally). I have however seen a lot of South american ships in this jam..

Just to clarify.

-RG.

By: R. Growler

R. Growler — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:50:11 +0000

(Yes, It’s actually my name.. Blame my parents.)
I have the one of the lousy jobs where I have to actually make heads and tails of the MMSI#’s coming trough on AIS, DSC or shouted trough the air. There have been times when I wanted to strangle the ones responsible for issuing MMSI numbers _not_ recognized by the rest of the world. Now why on earth would anyone do this. The system was made for a reason! A vessel that would need one may leave US waters at some point. I have vitnessed conflicting numbers being sent over DSC and watched the confusion resulting from it.. You know, most people in the rescue business _really_ want to rescue people in need. It really helps to know what you are dealing with. It does not help that our databases says that the vessel in need is actually anchored in Rotterdam undergoing repairs. That is when you have to compare MMSI (and garbled callsigns), shipname, AIS history and IMOnumbers just to be able to know what is going on.. $250 may be much, but do you really need the delay?

-RG.

By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:18:15 +0000

$250 is not a small charge for the FCC licencing, it is a robbery!!
And, yes, as you say, I will probably go ahead and let myself be robbed hoping that that makes my trips safer… Of course I have no way to know how much safety if any I am buying with those $250. This damn bureaucracy is a drain!

By: Baja Breeze

Baja Breeze — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:54:41 +0000

PS, the Canadian Coast Guard does not have access to NON FCC issued MMSI databases.

By: Baja Breeze

Baja Breeze — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:53:54 +0000

With regards to sailing outside of US waters with a non FCC issued MMSI, the Canadian Coast Guard may experience significant delays in responding and verifying the legitimacy of your distress call if it is received incomplete and you don’t also issue the required radio telephony voice distress call in addition to the DSC alert. This delay could mean the matter of your life, is the small charge for the FCC license worth the risk?

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