Thread: Looking at getting a Uniden UH615 - any good?

Originally Posted by nitram

Find the cheapest VHF marine hand helds you can. VHF goes further, round corners where as the UHF cbs are line of sight. VHF marine is citizen band in NZ so you don’t need a radio license. I’ve got Baofengs from Ali express which run the marine band and they go mint

Possibly the worst advice I've come across in a while.

1. VHF marine, although available under a general user radio license (GURL), is not a citizens band. Legally you need to hold an operators certificate with an allocated callsign to operate on maritime VHF channels from your vessel. https://www.rsm.govt.nz/licensing/fr...time-purposes/

2. If you were maritime VHF certified youd know the band is for maritime purposes not slaying backsteaks on land.
https://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/comme...o-Handbook.pdf

3. Baofengs are prohibited. https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2018-go4836

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