T&T: MMSI programming limit

[Jeff Bacon]

Furthur dilemma is this........

I now have two MMSI numbers....... one issued by BoatUS a couple of 
years ago, and another by the CG when I obtained a new license recently.

Which one is the "best" one to use ?

Jeff

Truelove39@aol.com wrote:

>Last summer we got a letter from the FCC. Seems as though several  hundred 
>duplicate MMSI numbers had been issued. Even though this was a year  after they 
>issued ours, we had been picked as one of the lucky ones  who would have to 
>change our number; the new number was contained in the  letter. Upon attempting 
>this, I discovered that our ICOM M-602 could  only be user-programmed with 
>MMSI twice, and this had already been  done. 
> 
>I complained to the FCC to no avail. When I asked "why only twice?" they  
>told me that the CG and the TSC had prompted the FCC to require this  programming 
>limit on all DSC radios, ostensibly to prevent terrorists from  obtaining old 
>radios, setting off multiple alarms and then tossing the  still-powered 
>radios into trash cans, thus distracting emergency services  while some terror act 
>was carried out elsewhere. Who thinks up this stuff?
> 
>Long story short, we had to send the radio to ICOM to have the new  number 
>programmed. This cost about $60.00 including shipping. At my  request, they 
>cleared both numbers and programmed the new one, so that it  could be programmed 
>one more time.
> 
>The moral is: beware of buying a used radio unless you're sure you  can 
>reprogram the MMSI.
> 
>Regards,
> 
>John
>"Seahorse" 
> 
>
>  
>
>>The MMSI ID is tied to your boat not the radio, so yes you re-use  the 
>>    
>>
>number if your still on the same boat.
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