Your Boats Radio

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Your Boats Radio
Chapter 16
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Your Boats Radio

• Part 2 - Chapter 16

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Lesson Objectives

• Types of Radios
• Functions and use of radios
• Necessity of station license
• Radio operators license
• Buying a radio
• Radio limits
• Antenna selection
• Radio check
• Distress calls

Courtesy of Standard Horizon
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Communications on the Water

• Coastal and inland
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of VHF
  radios, Citizen Band radios and cellular
  telephones?

Courtesy of Standard Horizon
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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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Function of Radio Telephones

• Who recalls the three functions of the VHF and
  SSB marine radios?

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Licenses

• Station license
• Operator permit

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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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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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Operating Your VHF-FM Radio

• What are the important caveats to remember when
  using a marine radio?

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Selecting Your VHF-FM Radio

• Radio watch
• Radio station log
• Special purposes of channels

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Copies of the Rules

• Where to obtain
• Rules violations

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Calling Another Station

• Check power
• Listen
• Press microphone button
• Normal tone
• Pro-words to use

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Phonetic Alphabet

• Spelling
• Numbers

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Distress, Urgency, and Safety Calls

• Distress signal Mayday
• Urgency signal Pan-Pan
• Safety signal Securite (Use French secur-i-tay)

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Crew Training

• Why is it important for a crewmember to be
  familiar with how to operate the VHF-FM radio?