vhf radio/ dsc licence
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Iva-Cod-on
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I did mine with deepvee training at royal quays as it's a legal requirement advise given on the ofcom website I do personally agree with the course as it keeps all to a standard but I would still rather see someone with it for safety reasons at least those that know how could help on hearing a shout for help!!
Ps over but not out lol
Ps over but not out lol
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billyturbot
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the law states you must have a vhf/src ticket to use radio its £70 well spent, it takes 6 hours of time well spent,
i here lads on the radio and they dont have a clue,
i was in a boat comp on another site i asked the lad in charge for his mmsi number as not to clog ch 16 he said he could not use it ,
wonder just how many ppl know how to use dsc in a real situtation
mark
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I had thought about re-doing mine, just to get the full benefit of DSC, spoke to a few folks that have done it in the last few years and most of them said that the DSC content is minimal, and apart from the distress procedures, doesn't touch on all the other facilities of DSC at all
posted this link before:
GMDSS Courses - online SRC course with marine NAVTEX receiver and DSC VHF simulator
free VHF/GDMSS course with some useful simulators
posted this link before:
GMDSS Courses - online SRC course with marine NAVTEX receiver and DSC VHF simulator
free VHF/GDMSS course with some useful simulators
mark
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correct!
mark
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friend of mine is the cox of the barra lifeboat, had this conversation with him last year.
his take on it, and the CG ops he's talked to about it is, that they are not really concerned about wether someone has done the course and is licenced to operate a radio or not. They would much rather every boat had a radio fitted.
That attitude might be a bit different if you lived/operated out of the solent and that bit of the south coast, thousands more boats down there and some are complete tools
The coastguard had to put a request out on Jonathon Ross's radio show a month or 2 back. One bright spark had keyed his mike on 16 and left it open next to his radio so his mate in a nearby boat could listen to wossy. And its not the first time that has happened down there
Thing is, it turns out the culprit actually turned out to be a licenced radio op as well. Clearly there's no accounting for the nobhead factor in these matters
reporting to the CG on your way out/in?? Don't think many folks do it in these parts. If you were passage making I'd recommend it, simple CG call - 'routine traffic, vessel name, location, destination, course and ETA'
then a 'routine traffic, arriving at destination, and a thank you when you get there'
we liased with em every 2 hours on the trip from inverness to the tyne, if we forgot to call it in bang on 2 hours, they'd give us a shout. Quick exchange of position, bearing & speed' then thats that for 2 hours. Its no bother to them at all, and they are very helpful and friendly
his take on it, and the CG ops he's talked to about it is, that they are not really concerned about wether someone has done the course and is licenced to operate a radio or not. They would much rather every boat had a radio fitted.
That attitude might be a bit different if you lived/operated out of the solent and that bit of the south coast, thousands more boats down there and some are complete tools
The coastguard had to put a request out on Jonathon Ross's radio show a month or 2 back. One bright spark had keyed his mike on 16 and left it open next to his radio so his mate in a nearby boat could listen to wossy. And its not the first time that has happened down there
Thing is, it turns out the culprit actually turned out to be a licenced radio op as well. Clearly there's no accounting for the nobhead factor in these matters
reporting to the CG on your way out/in?? Don't think many folks do it in these parts. If you were passage making I'd recommend it, simple CG call - 'routine traffic, vessel name, location, destination, course and ETA'
then a 'routine traffic, arriving at destination, and a thank you when you get there'
we liased with em every 2 hours on the trip from inverness to the tyne, if we forgot to call it in bang on 2 hours, they'd give us a shout. Quick exchange of position, bearing & speed' then thats that for 2 hours. Its no bother to them at all, and they are very helpful and friendly
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