VHF Radio: 7 Things You May Be Doing Wrong... Get the Best and Safest Results While on Your Boat

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@BoatBuyersSecretWeapon Год назад

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@thelastboomer9088 19 дней назад

In my area, Channel 16 is primarily used for pissed off people to scream, “you’re responsible for your wake, Capt’n” over the radio Nd yelling various obscenities.

@JoakimGarde 2 года назад

"NEMA cable"... 😂😂 very professional

@Photonsnmotion 2 года назад

Another great video, with quick and precise information to get us to use a great tool.

@R8GT 2 года назад

Very good information!! Been boating for years and learned some new things! Thank you!

@bryanshoemaker6120 9 месяцев назад

I was picking up radio shows on my VHF.

@roddyb 2 года назад

The worry thing about this video, it appears to confirm there are “boaters” out there that do not know this information and are in charge of their passenger safety. Breathtaking

@seeharvester 9 месяцев назад

Easy fix. Rip out the radio and throw it overboard.

@moceri55 5 месяцев назад

The GC has been known to tell radio checks to switch to ch 9 when initiated on Ch 16. I have heard this personally.

@maze400 Год назад

Tremendously useful information. I will be sharing with all my fellow kayakers.

@salvatorebruno6799 Год назад

That coil that you cut out is called a dirty choke. No they do not hurt your transmit or receiving signals. They actually help with common mode currents which can clean up up your signal a little. They work best located at the base of the antenna though. Also, Shakespeare advises you leave your coax at least 3 feet long. Possibly the reason of the coil from the dealer.

@seeharvester 9 месяцев назад

What coil?

@LindaEll 2 года назад

Excellent video. My husband is a captain on a large (190') cruise ship on Lake George, NY. He said one ongoing problem is abuse of channel 16 by pleasure boaters. Typical issues are people letting their kids play with it, or boaters going on 16 and asking for a radio check. He says they deal with this stuff all day long.

@philread7668 2 года назад

In my experience, his only happens in the USA (the radio check)

@jmanranger7271 2 года назад

Hunters also use marine band radio

@jmanranger7271 2 года назад

Call the FCC 16 should be for emergency only

@johnzeller9619 2 года назад

Same problem on the west coast !!!!

@patricklindahl868 2 года назад

@0:57 Digital distress signals are sent on channel 70, not channel 16. Channel 70 is the only digital channel, all other channels are analog. There's an extra receiver inside your VHF that always listens on channel 70. @3:35 The squelsh doesn't work that way, I will not get any clearer listening when the other station is closer. What is does is that i raises the level that a signal must have to get thru. Without the squelch you would listen to noise when no-one is transmitting. Squelsh level should always be set just above the noise level so you don't miss any calls.

@gunnarfernqvist4896 Год назад

Too bad there are a number of errors in this very important safety video. Also the connection between devices are a NMEA not anything else, and he also have to understand the different NMEA standards because they don't talk to each other.

@mattjohnson2072 2 года назад

Sort of new here, and have never hooked up a emergency signaling VHF radio before. I'm going to be doing it in the near future and I am wondering how do you test it to make sure it is hooked up right without sending out a true emergency

@DavidWilliams-no4tt 2 года назад

Do you recommend the Uniden brand for a VHF radio for a casual boater?

@garryhall9660 2 года назад

the red button is not DSG when you do two deliberate actions (lift the spring loaded cover, press the button for more than five seconds) this will send a digital distress alert. this in turn alarms all the radios within the geographical range and the only way to silence those radios is to press the button to silence this. this in turn will set all the radios to channel 16 which is the distress and calling channel in order for you to send your Mayday call and message. i wish people would be exact about this as it important to get the correct massage across.

@Trump985 2 года назад

If you are making passing arrangements you call on 13 not 16 for example “(you say) on the Freedom Joann (they say) freedom standing by, (you say) can I see you on two? (They say) two agreed (or maybe one would be better) anything more then this goes to a working channel. Obviously you use your vessels name and the vessel you are calling not my example. Always monitor 13 when underway. The reason 13 is used is because it’s the designated Bridge to Bridge channel and is a low power channel so you aren’t jamming up 16 for 20 miles bridge to bridge doesn’t mean a bridge you drive over but your vessels bridge to another vessel’s bridge. But it’s also used at drawbridges and locks.

@kenhuynh275 9 месяцев назад

What channel do you use if you need a tow? Channel 16?

@BoatBuyersSecretWeapon 9 месяцев назад

Tow Boat US and Sea Tow will monitor 16 - they will likely monitor another local channel too

@johna7184 8 месяцев назад

When do you use the 1w/25w settings? Also I was unable to confirm a radio check today on my older Standard Horizon today. Any ideas?

@BoatBuyersSecretWeapon 8 месяцев назад

1w setting lowers the power and range of the transmission, so use for Security calls and talking with others nearby. 25W longer range and use for any emergency call or reaching boaters further distance On the radio check, it depends on if there were other boaters out and where you called from. Could be fewer people on the radio this time or year, could be an antenna issue or mic button issue even

@johna7184 8 месяцев назад

@@BoatBuyersSecretWeapon Thanks for the input.

@littlee.4723 2 года назад

Hey buddy. You need to check and fix the links. Only 1 of the ones I checked took me to the place it was supposed to.

@christopherdawson3708 2 года назад

We use em huntin in the woods lol

@JoakimGarde 2 года назад

Very illegal. They are for maritime use only

@christopherdawson3708 2 года назад

@@JoakimGarde yes cuz the fcc gunna come down to dog woods and fine us....game wardens don't care...coast guard don't care...just don't press the distress button and nothin gunna happen

@donb4386 2 года назад

Much of the information provided is slightly off the mark. Some was a total miss.

@donb4386 2 года назад

@@BoatBuyersSecretWeapon Well I thought most of the messaging was sloppy and very much US based. Specifically I thought your recommendations for initiating a vhf call were, well, sloppy. When you’re haiing somebody you repeat their boat name up to three times, followed by “This is” repeated the same amount of times as the initial hail. It’s called a balanced call and is protocol in my corner of the world and maybe yours too. You didn’t mention the proper use of “Over” and “Out”. You used the acronym “DCS” twice. I appreciate you just misspoke but it should have been edited out, if your wanting to be seen as an expert. You were close on the distinction between a mayday and pan pan, but should have included serious injury or significant property damage as a reason for a mayday. It’s a fine line though. You were close. To be fair that is a tough one to explain in a short video. We spent over an hour on it in my certification class. You should have included the five important bullets to be included in your mayday call or that even if you trigger the DSC emergency button , if you have time, you should still make a verbal call. That said you didn’t mention 16 is also used for Sécurité calls or when to use them. That was a significant omission. Working channels for inter ship communication and radio check channels are unique to some areas. FYI 83a is the radio check channel here. You should encourage your audience to seek out local information to be sure. Again, when you were speaking to radio checks you repeated the sloppy calling protocol. Also a radio check should include your location. So most of this stuff is just sloppy. With just a bit more care the message could have been much stronger. As you may, or may not be aware, in Canada we are required to be certified before using a vhf radio. Back before I retired we used to use the acronym FS&P. It loosely stood for “Picking flyshit out of pepper”. Nitpicking. You may think that’s what I’m doing but your message about the VHF radio being an important safety tool you were right on point. Too many people take it lightly and don’t know how to use it. It pains me to listen to the CG having to play twenty questions with boaters in distress as they patiently try to extract the information they need to render assistance. I’d like to see that bar set a little higher. And if there’s one thing mariners like, it’s a well set bar.

@TheYankmchain 2 года назад

It's NOT NEMA!!! It's NMEA.

@gunnarfernqvist4896 Год назад

Also, there are different NMEA standards, the older 0180, 0182 och 0183 as well as the newer 2000.

@davidalbright7335 2 года назад

Radios with built-in GPS are not new and don't require connection to a chartplotter or NMEA backbone.

@davidalbright7335 2 года назад

@@BoatBuyersSecretWeapon a GPS puck can be purchased for $25 online and plugged into the radio. Not everyone has made the hop to NMEA 2000. For those with older vessels, some workarounds need to be employed. For example, without the NMEA 2000 backbone, the location of the Marine VHF may prevent access to the MFD. The cost to have a marine electrician to run cable between the two could be cost prohibitive. Cheaper to buy a radio with built-in GPS.

@gustavsmedberg7125 2 года назад

NMEA not NEMA!

@gustavsmedberg7125 2 года назад

Not only a typo is it... The "captain" in your video says repeatedly nema-cord. And on that note he says Pan - Pan correctly but the text in video has (Pawn - Pawn)... dude we are not playing chess are we? Bet you say "Security Security Security" when it's spelled and pronounced Sécurité (in French). Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse!

@gustavsmedberg7125 2 года назад

Yes, good idea! I might just do that.