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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 2688370" data-attributes="member: 209087">It&#039;s yours. . . No problems. You don&#039;t need any license for land or sea. You just need to follow the rules and of course stay of channel 16 and the other USCG channels in your area.Between me, my dad, my girlfriend, and a few others, we use them all the time, everywhere. I live on and use my boat in my work, and when ashore, my girlfriend/business partner takes it shopping and everywhere else when getting supplies and stuff. We actually probably use them more when we go separate directions on shore than any other time.&nbsp; However - don&#039;t feel too secure with them, as they do work on VHF which utilizes a (wide) but still, line of sight communication technology. So while we often can communicate for about a mile or so on land, the hand held&#039;s short antenna limits your distance. I can however talk to the hand held from up to about 16 miles from my sailboat which has its antenna 60 feet atop the mast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James, post: 2688370, member: 209087"] It's yours. . . No problems. You don't need any license for land or sea. You just need to follow the rules and of course stay of channel 16 and the other USCG channels in your area. Between me, my dad, my girlfriend, and a few others, we use them all the time, everywhere. I live on and use my boat in my work, and when ashore, my girlfriend/business partner takes it shopping and everywhere else when getting supplies and stuff. We actually probably use them more when we go separate directions on shore than any other time. However - don't feel too secure with them, as they do work on VHF which utilizes a (wide) but still, line of sight communication technology. So while we often can communicate for about a mile or so on land, the hand held's short antenna limits your distance. I can however talk to the hand held from up to about 16 miles from my sailboat which has its antenna 60 feet atop the mast. [/QUOTE]

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