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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Your Boat’s RadioChapter
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Lesson Objectives
• Types of Radios• Functions and use of radios• Necessity of station license• Radio operator’s license• Buying a radio• Radio limits• Antenna selection• Radio check• Distress calls
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Communications on the Water
• Coastal and inland
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of VHF radios, Citizen Band radios and cellular telephones?
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Communications on the Water
• VHF• Used & Monitored By U.S. Coast Guard• New GMDSS models registered so automated
distress call can identify your boat & location• FM - Static Free• Line Of Sight - 10-30 Miles• 25 Watts Maximum Power• Relatively Inexpensive
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Communications on the Water
• Citizen Band (CB) Radio• Not Monitored By U.S. Coast Guard • Sheriff or marinas may monitor at inland waters• Low power - 5 watts, Limited Range• Overcrowded • AM - Susceptible To Static• Channel 9 - Unofficial Emergency Frequency• Inexpensive
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Communications on the Water
• Cell phones• Not Monitored By Others
• Help most likely from another boater nearby• Cannot Be Located By RDF • Some areas no signal
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Communications on the Water
• Offshore• Single-sideband radios• Amateur radios• Emergency Position-Indicating
Radio Beacons
Reprinted with permission from Rough Weather Seamanship for Sail and Power by Roger Marshall
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Single-Sideband
• Range• Day - 100 miles• Night - 1000 miles
• A Must For Ocean Operation• Weather information• Monitored by some U.S. Coast Guard• More Costly Than VHF-FM• Must also have VHF-FM Radio• Ship station license
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Amateur Radio
• Amateur Radio Operators (HAM)• License required• Not monitored by Coast Guard• Other party may not be familiar with boating
issues
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Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons
• 406 MHz registered so identifies vessel
• License required on 65’ recreational boats
• Expensive
• May be rented (vacation)
• Transmit only; no communications
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Function of Radio Telephones
• Who recalls the functions of the VHF and SSB marine radios?
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Function of Radio Telephones
• Safety• Distress, Urgency & Safety Messages
• Operations• Call Lock Master, Bridge Tender, Marinas, Boats,
Radio Checks
• Commerce• Messages Between Commercial Vessels And
Stations
• Public Correspondence
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Licenses
• Station license• SSB Radio Is Installed
• Must Also Have VHF-FM Radio Installed• Boat Is Over 65 feet In Length• Visit Foreign Ports• Make International Calls
• Operator permit• May need if docking in foreign port
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Selecting Your VHF-FM Radio
• What are the advantages of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System available in fix-mounted VHF radios manufactured since 1999?
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GMDSS
• Uses channel 70 for distress calls
• MMSI provides vital boat info.• MMSI registration free at BoatUS
• Can provide position info when interfaced with GPS
• Operator can handle emergency while distress info is being sent
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Selecting Your VHF-FM Radio
• Sensitivity
• Selectivity
• Audio output
• Signal strength
• Signal suppression
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Selecting Your VHF-FM Radio
• Line of sight transmission
• Available channels
• Channel selector
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Installation
• What are some important considerations when installing a VHF radio and antenna?
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Operating Your VHF-FM Radio
• What are the important caveats to remember when using a marine radio?
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Using a marine radio
• No false distress messages
• No obscenity
• Observe confidentiality
• Do not use when boat is on land
• Shift from calling to working channel
• Use correct radio terminology
• Speak slowly and distinctly
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Using a marine radio
• Calling• Select channel – usually 16• Listen – determine channel not in use• Press to talk (PTT) button• Name Of The Boat You Are Calling
• “This Is (Name Of Your Boat)”• “Over”• Release PTT button & listen
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Using a marine radio
• Digital Select Calling (DSC) radio• Select working channel• Press DSC button
• Choose or enter MMSI number to call• Radio changes to Ch 70 & calls• Radio reaches vessel you called• Both radios change to working channel• Radio sounds alert
• Press PTT & start communication. Working channel may be in use; pick another
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Using a marine radio
• Radio watch
• Radio station log
• Special purposes of channels
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Special Purpose Channels
• CH 16 - Distress, Urgency, Safety• CH 9 - Alternate Calling Channel• CH 12 - Port Operations• CH 13 - Navigation• CH 22A - Coast Guard Liaison• CH 68 - Non-Commercial Working• Ch 70 – DSC calling• WX-1, WX-2, WX-3
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Using a marine radio
• Procedure (Pro) Words• Over• Out• Roger• Wilco• Say Again• I Spell• Words Twice• Wait
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Phonetic Alphabet
• Spelling
• Numbers
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Boating Skills And Seamanship
Distress, Urgency, and Safety Calls
• Distress signal: Mayday
• Urgency signal: Pan-Pan
• Safety signal: Sécurité (Use French secur-i-tay)
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Sending Distress Signal
• Use When IMMINENT Danger Exists• With GMDSS radio, press DISTRESS • Other radios, Call On Channel 16• Call Format:
• “Mayday Mayday Mayday”• “This Is (Name Of Your Boat)”• State Location, Nature Of Problem, Number
Of POB, Describe Boat And Condition• “This Is (Name Of Your Boat), Over”
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During Distress Communications
• To Stop All Other Communications on this channel, transmit• “All Stations”• “SEELONCE Mayday”• “SEELONCE Distress”
• When Distress Is Over, Transmit• “SEELONCE FEENEE
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Rules violations
• False Distress• $5,000 Fine Plus All USCG Costs
• Obscenity, Indecency, Profanity• $10,000 - 2 years
• Secrecy Of Communication• Applies To All But Distress
• Violation Of FCC Rules• Loss Of License, Fine, Prison
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Crew Training
• Why is it important for a crewmember to be familiar with how to operate the VHF-FM radio?