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Marine Radio revision module 5 of 10
Radio checks, ship-to-ship calls, marina calls, working channel changes, and ending a conversation cleanly.
10 guided lessons · 20 practice questions · 20 flashcards
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MCA small-craft guidance reduces a good transmission to disciplined choices: listen before transmitting, think through the message, be brief, identify the station clearly, wait for a repl...
Read the full lesson: Basic Calling FormatStart by deciding what needs testing. A receive-only check, a local working-channel call, an automated service or a harbour service may answer the real question without placing avoidable...
Read the full lesson: Radio ChecksOfcom allocates maritime channels by service, but that does not create one universal UK marina channel. A marina, harbour authority, vessel traffic service or port operations station may...
Public correspondence is a coast-station service that can connect routine ship communications into a public telecommunications network. ITU List IV identifies coast stations and distingui...
Read the full lesson: Ship-to-Shore Telephone CallsWith a known vessel MMSI, MCA guidance uses an Individual DSC call with routine priority and a proposed inter-ship channel. After acknowledgement, the conversation starts on that accepted...
Read the full lesson: The Shape of a Complete Routine CallBefore transmitting again, confirm the displayed channel, volume, squelch, selected power, microphone connection and whether the intended station is currently monitoring. Check the antenn...
Read the full lesson: A Radio Check Is a Diagnostic, Not ReassuranceUse a crew member to handle the radio where possible during a busy approach. The operator should know the current station and channel, while the helm retains responsibility for lookout, s...
Read the full lesson: Worked Marina and Harbour ExchangeUse OVER when your transmission is complete and you expect a reply. Use OUT when the exchange is finished and no reply is expected. Combining them as 'over and out' sends contradictory in...
Read the full lesson: Ending Cleanly: OVER, OUT, STAND BY and ReadbackIf there is no answer, release PTT and wait. Check the station name, channel, volume, squelch, power, antenna path, distance, opening hours and whether the station is expected to monitor....
Read the full lesson: Unanswered, Garbled and Repeated CallsMCA guidance says to call a DSC-equipped Coastguard or other coast station with an Individual DSC call using routine priority and the published MMSI. If the radio requests a working chann...
Read the full lesson: Coast Stations and Public CorrespondenceAdd the complete practice layer
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