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Just a wee heads up to all readers. My son bought new vhf radio for boat and when i fitted it it refused to operate. (Im new to radios) It kept asking for an mmsi number which i hadnt a clue what that meant. I ask a few other boat men and all i got was you need to do a course with the RYA and then an exam and it will cost you x amount of pounds but i got talking to another chap who said Go onto OFFCOM website. My son went on and filled in a questionair and within 2 minutes he received the mmsi number, the atis number, his license number and his call sign. He thanked them and ask how much he owed and they said it was free. So anyone needing an mmsi number for your vhf go onto offcoms website, its free.

[QUOTE="Tope Smoker, post: 155669, member: 1336"] Just a wee heads up to all readers. My son bought new vhf radio for boat and when i fitted it it refused to operate. (Im new to radios) It kept asking for an mmsi number which i hadnt a clue what that meant. I ask a few other boat men and all i got was you need to do a course with the RYA and then an exam and it will cost you x amount of pounds but i got talking to another chap who said Go onto OFFCOM website. My son went on and filled in a questionair and within 2 minutes he received the mmsi number, the atis number, his license number and his call sign. He thanked them and ask how much he owed and they said it was free. So anyone needing an mmsi number for your vhf go onto offcoms website, its free. [/QUOTE]

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