Marine VHF Radio Overview & Exercises with US Coast Guard - Weekly Kayaking Tips - Kayak Hipster

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A VHF radio is a great way to communicate out on the water. But it requires specific protocol. Especially when calling for help and contacting the Coast Guard.
Also, things might be different with your local area, so please research further and let me know if I did missed anything, or if things are done differently in your location.
Bryan Hansel's excellent article I mentioned above, with plenty of easy to understand explanations:
www.paddlinglight.com/articles...
The video clips I showed was of an Incident Management Class led by Scott Brown, Nigel Dennis and Eila Wilkinson with the incredible help of the US Coast Guard. Superb class, you can see the full video here: • A Week in Charleston w...
Thank you to Andy Norman and Jonas Alexanderson for the corrections!
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@oscardoyle953 6 лет назад

The mayday distress sequence shown in this video is wrong, you're asking for help before you're telling them how many people need it. As soon as you put the call in a rescue vehicle is being dispatched they need to know how many casualties they are rescuing. Remember you three P's, Position, Problem, People, They have sheets to fill in, they have to receive the info in that order. Good video

@JosephMullin Год назад

If you hear an emergency call close to your location you are supposed to show up and help in any way. I was just getting into buzzards bay when I heard a boat sinking call which was about 1/2 mile from me. A power boat showed up at the location the same time I did. We divided up the search because there were submerged rocks in an area where it would be better for me to search. I told him he could do all the radio calls with coast guard. When he told the Coast Guard I was assisting with the search they were surprised.

@JosephMullin 3 года назад

a PLB is very helpful especially one with GPS. The Coast Guard knew where I was when I capsized off Bailey's Mistake.

@robertrandhare9015 7 лет назад

Remember to perform a radio check to insure your radio can transmit/receive BEFORE launching. Several marinas have an Automated Radio Check Service (provided by SeaTow) using one of VHF Channels 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 84. It will return/retransmit your broadcast to let you know your radio can Tx/Rx. This also doesn't clutter channel 16 with these requests.

@YaGottaBeKidding Год назад

For anyone wondering, here's how the Coast Guard wants it (condensed):

@davidGrainger

One issue I've found is, paddlers are reluctant to turn them their VHF radios on. They say they want to save the battery for emergencies. The problem with that is nobody is monitoring the frequency. For example, if a paddler gets separated from the group and has an emergency they won't be able to contact other paddlers if the other paddlers have their radios off.

@morethan4mph 5 лет назад

Interesting that you used clock face to direct the heli, this requires you to be able to see the heli clearly. However, if you have a compass with you, you can quickly take a bearing to give the direction for him to fly, "fly to me on 250 magnetic", this can be done when he is a dot. Easy way to do this with a baseplate compass is to point the arrow at yourself.

@wsfboatingpaddlingsafety3984 4 года назад

Kayak Hipster! Thanks for producing this extremely helpful paddling safety video. Planning to share. Well done!

@fcuev1 7 лет назад

luke, thank u. these short clips are great! the info is always top notch. you're doing a real service to our community. gracias

@hodgmo1 5 лет назад

DSC VHF Handhelds (with built-in GPS) are now available and worth considering as they allow a more rapid emergency broadcast than the basic one shown in this well-done video, as well as better communication options for groups and individuals.

@jarredgage 4 года назад

Also "break" means you are pausing transmission and there is more to follow before you finish message with "over"

@BeSatori 4 года назад

Great idea for a video. Thanks for putting it out, I shared it with my paddling friends.

@richardowers3477 3 года назад

Super Helpful, thank you

@KayakHipster 7 лет назад

I'm pinning this commend to I can post info I've been getting to add to the video. This is a correction from the last post so I could fix my mention of channel 16 only being for emergencies - I corrected that it can be used for starting conversations that can then be transferred to a different channel. Thanks to Andy Norman for that, and to Jonas Alexanderson for the reminder that some areas/countries require certification/licenses to use vhf radios.