Whats your opnion of the VHF ragio licenses that we will ( at the moment ) have to get just to go fishing. A course  for the license will cost at the moment approx $300 dollars to what amouts to a coxswain ticket. That is a commerical lincense so why are we (recriational fishers going to be force to by a new radio the be forced to Spend $300 to get a profiiicencey ticket to use the radio. We only need to call up sign off and a have station to station channel not all the other crap they want us to do . I know they don't come into force until Sept 2028 when it will cost a lot more.

There will be lot of pensioners that might not be able to coffee up 300 bucks jus to go fishing.

I have emailed the relevent authority and suggested a shortened cousre to bo do on line for a few dollars using you skippers ticket number. Maybe $50 ?