Arney,

Boat to boat, if you are able to move around, you should be fine. On land, if you are not in an emergency or responding to one, don't transmit. If you get a call from someone in an emergency, and you respond, then that would be allowed, because you are now involved in the emergency.

If you don't have an emergency, and aren't responding to one, then don't make unauthorized transmissions. That is pretty clear cut.

Maybe instead of all this radio license concern, if you want positive communication, get a sat phone and talk from virtually anywhere. We use them here in Baghdad when ALL our other comms go down. They never fail, so long as the unit is juiced and maintained.

Judging from J Park III, they will even survive the digestive processes of dinosaurs. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />