Print your VHF Call Sign Update Form 296.52 KB
Print your VHF Call Sign Application Form 348.30 KB
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL OWNERS AND USERS OF MARINE VHF RADIOS
All users of Marine VHF are required to hold a minimum of a Marine VHF Operators Qualification (an exception is made for radio use only in emergency or distress situations). To find out how to obtain this simple qualification, contact Coastguard Boating Education on 0800 40 80 90 or email info@cbes.org.nz.
All radio transmissions are required to be "individually identifiable". Countries throughout the world have adopted the marine VHF call sign system as being the best option available.
Marine VHF call signs are held on a national database and are used solely for Search and Rescue purposes.
Marine VHF call signs for recreational and commercial boaties are available from Coastguard Boating Education, who maintain the database on behalf of Radio Spectrum Management; a division of the Ministry of Economic Development.
There is a charge of $30. To obtain your call sign, either print off the call sign application form above, or contact Coastguard Boating Education - phone 0900 54332 to automatically charge the $30 to the telephone account you are calling from; or free phone 0800 40 80 90 to provide credit card details.
Should any of your personal details change or if you change vessels you must advise Coastguard Boating Education. Phone 0800 40 80 90 to update your records.
When you sell your vessel you have two options:1) You can keep the call sign; in which case you must inform the new owner that you are keeping the call sign and that he/she must obtain a NEW call sign.
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2) You can let the call sign stay with the vessel. Either way you MUST advise Coastguard Boating Education.