joelkoz
Member
I've searched around the forums and haven't found a definitive answer to the question for my specific situation. I apologize if its redundant, but I could use some advice:
Back in November, I purchased a new-to-me 2001 Sea Ray Sedan Bridge. For its VHF radios, it has a Raymarine RAY 220 VHF.
I plan on doing cruising into foreign ports (Bahamas), so as near as I can tell, the process I need to follow is:
1) Obtain a Ship Station License from the FCC, which will result in me getting a new MMSI number.
2) Send the Ray 220 to an authorized Raymarine dealer (or to the factory) to reset the MMSI number that is programmed into the radio to my new number, as it can't be reset by the end user.
Do I have that right? I saw there was some secret reset code for those with Northstar radios, but could not locate anything about the Ray 220 that came with my boat.
Is the above the correct procedure? Is that "easier" than trying to figure out the current MMSI number and trying to somehow get myself associated with that? I am apparently the third owner of this boat, so I have no idea what the previous owner(s) did about the MMSI number, if their registrations were canceled, etc (though I suppose with a LOT of work, I could probably figure it out).
Back in November, I purchased a new-to-me 2001 Sea Ray Sedan Bridge. For its VHF radios, it has a Raymarine RAY 220 VHF.
I plan on doing cruising into foreign ports (Bahamas), so as near as I can tell, the process I need to follow is:
1) Obtain a Ship Station License from the FCC, which will result in me getting a new MMSI number.
2) Send the Ray 220 to an authorized Raymarine dealer (or to the factory) to reset the MMSI number that is programmed into the radio to my new number, as it can't be reset by the end user.
Do I have that right? I saw there was some secret reset code for those with Northstar radios, but could not locate anything about the Ray 220 that came with my boat.
Is the above the correct procedure? Is that "easier" than trying to figure out the current MMSI number and trying to somehow get myself associated with that? I am apparently the third owner of this boat, so I have no idea what the previous owner(s) did about the MMSI number, if their registrations were canceled, etc (though I suppose with a LOT of work, I could probably figure it out).