According to United States Coast Guard and F.C.C. guidelines, shipboard VHF radios on commercial vessels must be inspected and certified once every 5 years when sailing on domestic voyages.  When sailing on international voyages, the radios require inspection once every 12 months.  One of our FCC licensed technicians will visit your vessel, inspect your full VHF radio installation, and issue the appropriate certificate indicated below.  Please email us below with your questions or to schedule an appointment. We can also arrange to take care of all your applications and forms for your entire fleet of vessels.
 

FCC 824:  COMMUNICATIONS ACT SAFETY RADIOTELEPHONY CERTIFICATE
 

When a single VHF radio is provided for communications, the FCC 824 is the applicable certificate.  Vessels which carry passengers for hire (6 or more), such as harbor cruise, sportsfishing, whale watching, and dinner cruise vessels are included in this group.

FCC 827:  VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE RADIOTELEPHONY CERTIFICATE

When a second VHF radio is carried aboard for the purpose of compliance with the Vessel Bride-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act, this is the applicable certificate.  An example would be an excursion vessel, towing vessel, pilot vessel, water taxi or any vessel over 20 meters in length that regularly navigates a harbor area where VHF Channel 13 is regularly monitored.

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