WBurgner
Member III
In late January I acquired a ships license. After 60 days the MMSI data was still not available in the ITU database so I called FCC help line for assistance. The woman that answered did not know that the FCC is responsible for transferring that data to the ITU. Upon my telling her that only the FCC is authorized to make that transfer she offered to check and get back to me. To her credit she did so the next day and confirmed that the data is indeed transferred in batches and that my data would go with the next transfer.
Six weeks ago when the data was still not available in the ITU database I sent an email to the individual listed on the ITU website as the FCC Point of Contact for ITU interface issues. To date there has been no response.
Three weeks ago I tried an email to Marlene Dortch, head of the FCC. To date there has been no response.
Anyone else have a similar problem or have suggestions on a next step to resolve this?
Failure to not have this data in the ITU database negates a significant safety benefit of our DSC radios and unnecessarily increases the risk to our crews should we encounter difficulties at sea.
Six weeks ago when the data was still not available in the ITU database I sent an email to the individual listed on the ITU website as the FCC Point of Contact for ITU interface issues. To date there has been no response.
Three weeks ago I tried an email to Marlene Dortch, head of the FCC. To date there has been no response.
Anyone else have a similar problem or have suggestions on a next step to resolve this?
Failure to not have this data in the ITU database negates a significant safety benefit of our DSC radios and unnecessarily increases the risk to our crews should we encounter difficulties at sea.