I've bought a yacht with a VHF set that doesn't have DSC... but it's relatively new and in fully working order, so I'm not keen to buy a replacement.
I'm not overly keen on DSC anyway - the alarms going off all the time annoy me.
But do you HAVE to have DSC now?
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DSC a requirement for marine VHF now?
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Hi Bob, no you don't have to have a DSC VHF radio fitted. But as you say when your radio packs up you can upgrade to a DSC one; unless you can pick up a second hand one cheap, apparently marine electrical/electronic engineers often have them which they have removed from boats which they have upgraded.