Marine Vhf Radio Handbook

VHF RADIO HANDBOOK FOR BOAT OWNERS Learn how to master the VHF marine radio for boat owners and your crew in this comprehensive step-by-step guide handbook. Welcome to the VHF RADIO HANDBOOK FOR BOAT OWNERS. Published in 2019, this up to date handbook explains all the procedures for how to use your VHF marine radio in a simple and secure manner with step-by-step guidelines for you and your crew. A VHF-radio on your boat is a very important tool in case of an emergency. It also enables you to receive weather alerts and for establishing contact with your surroundings. An owner of a VHF radio needs to know how to operate it and the procedures to establish contact with others. A VHF radio is your lifeline to land. Do you and everyone in your crew know how to operate the VHF marine radio in an emergency? This book answers how to operate your VHF radio in emergency situations, how to request medical help, how to establish contact with other boats and much more. VHF RADIO HANDBOOK Everything you need to know about the basics for you VHF radio (Dual-band, handheld devices, how it works, range of VHF, etc.) How to establish contact with other boats Sending an emergency broadcast with your radio How to send information over DSC How to request medical advice Templates for emergency procedures for you and your crew ... and much more Get your copy of VHF RADIO HANDBOOK FOR BOAT OWNERS today!

Handbook for Marine Radio Communication, Fifth Edition updates the Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) rules, regulations, and procedures in light of the revised regulations introduced by the International Telecommunication Union in 2008. It is an incomparable reference source for all vessels using maritime radio communication systems. This fifth edition details recent changes in operating procedures to GMDSS, improvements to communication equipment, and the new opportunities they provide. This includes Ship Security Alerting System, Long Range Identification and Tracking, Automatic Identification System-Search and Rescue Transmitters, Iridium communication services, and amendments to GMDSS certification. The book continues to be a useful teaching aid for all GMDSS topics. This book provides full access to referenced material including comprehensive contact details of pertinent organizations, relevant regulatory authorities, and service providers. The enhanced format, larger

From the author of the best-selling RYA Navigation Handbook, this is the RYA’s official title to support the RYA VHF Operator's Short Range Certificate examination. It expands upon the quick reference VHF Radio inc GMDSS book (G22) to assist with a deeper level of understanding which will help you pass the exam. It details everything that sailors need to know about using VHF radios including how they work, the rules and regulations which govern it and the procedures that must be followed. In helping you prepare for the test, the book links the easy-to-follow text to the syllabus to give you all you need to know to pass the exam. The clear instruction and colourful illustrations make this complicated yet highly important subject much clearer and will help you learn the call procedures. This is an essential learning tool and ideal background reading for anyone taking a VHF course. Accessibility Screen Reader Friendly: Yes Accessibility Summary: This publication conforms to WCAG 2.0 Level AA. Long descriptions are present. Accessibility Features: Images have alternate text Images have long descriptions Book has table of contents Accessibility Hazards: None Accessibility Conformance: WCAG 2.0 AA Self-Certified by: Royal Yachting Association

The purpose of this book is to help you learn radio procedures and Federal Communication Commission (FCC) regulations.

An accessible, user friendly guide that gives marine VHF radio users all the information they need to use the functions on the radio and to pass the SRC certificate

This bestselling book provides an incomparable reference source for all vessels using maritime radio communication systems, which are now a legislative requirement. It includes exhaustive coverage of all UK and international regulations relating to modern maritime communications, such as the crucial GMDSS, all contained within one singular volume. This sixth edition has been fully updated to take into account major developments over the last five years, in particular the revised regulations introduced by the International Telecommunication Union in 2012. The authors deliver an authoritative guide to the complicated and changing world of radio communications, including: The very latest technological advances in terrestrial and satellite communications Changes to the international VHF channel allocation and channel spacing The major overhaul of the organisational structure of the UK Coastguard service Substantial enhancements to the eLoran services The changing complexities of voyage planning Large diagrams, an extensive index and fully-updated appendices This is a definitive guide for today’s maritime communications industry, including ship owners, ship managers, coast guards, seafarers, students of maritime communications, as well as the recreational sector.

This new edition explains the GMDSS rules, regulations and procedures. The book contains the regulations drawn from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and it is a useful teaching aid for GMDSS topics thoroughly updated to explain: significant changes in operating procedures to GMDSS, improvements to communication equipment and the new opportunities they provide, including: Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), Inmarsat Fleet services amendments to GMDSS radio maintenance certificate. Also expanded to include sections on use of radio for: piracy and armed robbery attacks at sea, medical advice and assistance, Mede Vac; and contains updated and extended contact details of important organisations relevant to GMDSS.