Transcript Boating Skills and Seamanship

Chapter
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Your Boat’s Radio
Boating Skills And Seamanship
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Lesson Objectives
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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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Communications on
the Water
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• Coastal and inland
• What are the
advantages and
disadvantages of VHF
radios, Citizen Band
radios and cellular
telephones?
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Communications on the
Water
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• VHF
• Used & Monitored By U.S. Coast Guard
• New GMDSS models registered so automated
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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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Communications on the
Water
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• 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
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• 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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Communications on
the Water
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• 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
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• Range
• Day - 100 miles
• Night - 1000 miles
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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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Amateur Radio
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• 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 PositionIndicating Radio Beacons
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• 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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Function of Radio
Telephones
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• Who recalls the functions of the VHF
and SSB marine radios?
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Function of Radio
Telephones
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• 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
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• 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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Selecting Your VHF-FM
Radio
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• 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
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• 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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Selecting Your VHF-FM
Radio
Boating Skills And Seamanship
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Sensitivity
Selectivity
Audio output
Signal strength
Signal suppression
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Selecting Your VHF-FM
Radio
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• Line of sight transmission
• Available channels
• Channel selector
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Installation
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• What are some important
considerations when installing a VHF
radio and antenna?
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Operating Your VHF-FM
Radio
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• What are the important caveats to
remember when using a marine radio?
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Using a marine radio
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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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Using a marine radio
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• Calling
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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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Using a marine radio
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• 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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Using a marine radio
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• Radio watch
• Radio station log
• Special purposes of channels
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Special Purpose
Channels
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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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Using a marine radio
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• Procedure (Pro) Words
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Over
Out
Roger
Wilco
Say Again
I Spell
Words Twice
Wait
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Phonetic Alphabet
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• Spelling
• Numbers
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Distress, Urgency, and
Safety Calls
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• Distress signal: Mayday
• Urgency signal: Pan-Pan
• Safety signal: Sécurité (Use French
secur-i-tay)
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Sending Distress Signal
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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
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• 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
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• 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
Boating Skills And Seamanship
• Why is it important for a crewmember
to be familiar with how to operate the
VHF-FM radio?
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