Proper Procedure for Radio Check
MECaswell
anyone with improper marine radio etiquette!!!
Also, should I use channel 16, or 9?
Richard Eriksson
"Any vessel, any vessel, any vessel.
This is (name of your boat), requesting a radio check, please".
Don't use channel 16 for radio checks. The Coast Guard will
scold you.
Eisboch
H Krause
Hmmm. Explain how I can receive a check over my VHF radio...and is there any
limit on the amount?
--
Harry Krause
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How do you know when you have run out of invisible ink?
Richard Eriksson
>
>
> Hmmm. Explain how I can receive a check over my VHF radio...and is there any
> limit on the amount?
>
Nope. I get them all the time. Helps with the boat repairs and
kid's tuition payments. You must be doing something wrong.
Eisboch
Chad Novak
check.
Richard Eriksson wrote in message <379717...@vptec.com>...
MECaswell
>This is (name of your boat), requesting a radio check, please".
Ok, now for a REALLY stupid question... I'm going to really have to hunker down
for this one. What do I say if my boat does not have a name?
Bob Wells
;~)
Bob
MECaswell wrote in message <19990722113615...@ng-ch1.aol.com>...
Bill M
calls you, when she see's the bills for the boat repair.
Bill
MECaswell <meca...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19990722113615...@ng-ch1.aol.com...
MECaswell
>Use your vessel registration number.
Ummm... ok, but what if I don't have one of those either?
(just kidding!)
Richard Eriksson
Hmmmm .... question.
Do you have a radio?
Eisboch
Russ Glindmeier, CFP
BillS
MECaswell wrote:
> What is the correct way to request a radio check? I don't want to offend
> anyone with improper marine radio etiquette!!!
>
> Also, should I use channel 16, or 9?
Calls to "any vessel" are technically against FCC Regs. Boat US suggests
calling "TowBoat US" and requesting a radio check AFTER moving to a non
hailing channel. I've called tugs or tows that I have passed and the local
Pilot boat with about a 95% return rate. I haven't tried Towboat US only
because I have not been on the coast since I read the article, but I'll give
them a shout the next time I'm there.
BillS..
Richard Eriksson
ha!
brian whatcott
>
>>"Any vessel, any vessel, any vessel.
>>This is (name of your boat), requesting a radio check, please".
>
>Ok, now for a REALLY stupid question... I'm going to really have to hunker
down
They say that any boat big enough to carry a marine R/T ought to be blessed
with a name ( and plenty are named that don't have radios.)
If not they are doomed to be unlucky. Women's names are particularly
good juju. :-)
It was no accident clippers carried a mermaid on the bows.
Brian Whatcott Altus OK
T.O.
Please do not ask for a radio check on channel 16.
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 08:57:53 -0700, "Bill M" <bmc...@remove.ti.com>
wrote:
>Just come up with a nickname / handle. Recommend it not be what your wife
>calls you, when she see's the bills for the boat repair.
>Bill
>MECaswell <meca...@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:19990722113615...@ng-ch1.aol.com...
Dutch183
limit on the amount?>>
Harry GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave Witte
Operator's licenses are no longer required for recreational boaters. I'm
not sure they even offer courses anymore, although it might be a good idea
if they did.
Blue Skies,
Dave
Mike Dilger wrote in message <7n7uib$5coqk$1...@titan.xtra.co.nz>...
>Do you have an operators license?
>
>If not, go on a course to get one and you will learn the correct procedures
>for this and what channels should or shouldn't be used. More importantly
>you will learn how to correctly make a distress call.
>
>-Mike
>
>MECaswell <meca...@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:19990722082134...@ng-ch1.aol.com...
Larry KN4IM
check on da main drain! Anybody gotcha ears awn?"
Then you responds wid, "Yo, Bro! Yo rad rad-ee-oh be makin' da trip!
Where y'all goin', Bro? Slide up ta 72, fo' sho'!"
(If you're on a shrimp boat, or want everyone at the yacht club bar to
THINK you're on a shrimp boat, be sure to add nasty expletives to the
beginning and end of each sentence and change the street Gullah accent
to Far Island GeeChee for effects. Ignore anyone bitching about
talkin' on the call channel, all shrimpers do if they're on 16, which
isn't often.)
How do they do it in New York??
Larry.....Isn't VHF supposed to be FUN?!
Larry KN4IM
wrote:
>MECaswell wrote:
>>
>> What is the correct way to request a radio check? I don't want to offend
>> anyone with improper marine radio etiquette!!!
>>
>> Also, should I use channel 16, or 9?
>
>"Any vessel, any vessel, any vessel.
>This is (name of your boat), requesting a radio check, please".
>
>Don't use channel 16 for radio checks. The Coast Guard will
>scold you.
>
>Eisboch
In SC don't use 9 either. The bridge tenders all think 9 is their
PRIVATE CHANNEL. Do it on 10. If you hear a bunch of cursing and
swearing you'll know your radio's workin' fine. Those are the
tourboat captains and shrimpers cussin' about you....(c;
Larry
J. Clark
Jim Clark
Custom Yacht Services
Marshfield MA
http://home.att.net/~custom-yacht-services
H Krause wrote in message <379719FB...@erols.com>...
>Richard Eriksson wrote:
>>
>> MECaswell wrote:
>> >
>> > What is the correct way to request a radio check? I don't want to
offend
>> > anyone with improper marine radio etiquette!!!
>> >
>> > Also, should I use channel 16, or 9?
>>
>> "Any vessel, any vessel, any vessel.
>> This is (name of your boat), requesting a radio check, please".
>>
>> Don't use channel 16 for radio checks. The Coast Guard will
>> scold you.
>>
>> Eisboch
>
any
>limit on the amount?
>
Jeff
<mi...@nospam.asl.co.nz> wrote:
>Do you have an operators license?
>
>If not, go on a course to get one and you will learn the correct procedures
>for this and what channels should or shouldn't be used. More importantly
>you will learn how to correctly make a distress call.
>
>-Mike
While an operators license may be nice to have, it is by *no* means
needed for operation of a VHF. There are many online sources that
explain, in full detail, proper use of VHF. These subjects include
channel allocation, hailing, distress, and more. I would read up on
those and then have at it. It's not exactly rocket science that some
would lead you to believe. Proper etiquitte is a must, however. For
instance, don't yell out on 16 "any yall know what time it is?" Don't
laugh, I've heard it before, more than once.
Jeff
Sorry, but email address disguised due to unscrupulous spammers. Please respond in Usenet.
Mike Dilger
If not, go on a course to get one and you will learn the correct procedures
for this and what channels should or shouldn't be used. More importantly
you will learn how to correctly make a distress call.
-Mike
MECaswell <meca...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19990722082134...@ng-ch1.aol.com...
Mike Dilger
I was working from the perspective of being a New Zealand Boatie where
licenses are still required. They have just relaxed things here a little by
introducing a VHF license, but you still need to have one.
I think it is essential to learn how to use the radio properly, so that in
the case of an emergency at least some of it comes naturally.
Mike
Dave Witte <slamdog...@hooked.net> wrote in message
news:7n82qn$78j$1...@its.hooked.net...
> Mike,
>
> Operator's licenses are no longer required for recreational boaters. I'm
> not sure they even offer courses anymore, although it might be a good idea
> if they did.
>
> Blue Skies,
> Dave
>
>
> Mike Dilger wrote in message <7n7uib$5coqk$1...@titan.xtra.co.nz>...
Jeff
wrote:
>On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:09:10 -0400, Richard Eriksson <re...@vptec.com>
>wrote:
>
>>MECaswell wrote:
>>>
>>> What is the correct way to request a radio check? I don't want to offend
>>> anyone with improper marine radio etiquette!!!
>>>
>>> Also, should I use channel 16, or 9?
>>
>>"Any vessel, any vessel, any vessel.
>>This is (name of your boat), requesting a radio check, please".
>>
>>Don't use channel 16 for radio checks. The Coast Guard will
>>scold you.
>>
>>Eisboch
>
>In SC don't use 9 either. The bridge tenders all think 9 is their
>PRIVATE CHANNEL. Do it on 10. If you hear a bunch of cursing and
>swearing you'll know your radio's workin' fine. Those are the
>tourboat captains and shrimpers cussin' about you....(c;
>
>Larry
>
In my area, most people either hail a vessel on 16 by name, or they
call SeaTow, Towboat/US, or their local marina on 16. The response is
to switch to their working channel and the radio check proceeds.
Sometimes they just respond like this, "Vessel calling SeaTow, you're
radio check is loud and clear. SeaTow standing by on 1-6." Or
something pretty close to that.
Michael J Porter
MECaswell <meca...@aol.com> wrote:
=>What is the correct way to request a radio check? I don't want to offend
=>anyone with improper marine radio etiquette!!!
=>
=>Also, should I use channel 16, or 9?
The best way is to listen to a conversation on one of the normal
working channels (68, 69, etc). When the conversation ends, call
one of the parties for a radio check on their working channel.
That way, you don't tie up 9. And never use 16.
Mike
Dave Witte
I agree that it is essential to learn to use the radio properly. I think
most of us yanks get our training when taking a United States Power Squadron
or United States Coast Guard Auxiliary class.
Here in the Sacramento delta, I have found most bridge operators to be quite
willing to respond to a radio check call when they are not busy. Of course
we also have the yahoos asking for a radio check on 16 as well. I'd say
that I hear at least one or two a day, quickly fooled by the Coaties warning
them not to do it.
Blue Skies,
Dave
Mike Dilger wrote in message <7n8pig$5bam7$1...@titan.xtra.co.nz>...
JR North
imagination'...."
JR
MECaswell wrote:
>
> >"Any vessel, any vessel, any vessel.
> >This is (name of your boat), requesting a radio check, please".
>
> Ok, now for a REALLY stupid question... I'm going to really have to hunker down
> for this one. What do I say if my boat does not have a name?
--
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Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth
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MECaswell
>imagination'...."
Sad, but true. <grin>
Larry KN4IM
the group and am interested to find out if this is a local problem or
whether the whole damned Coast Guard is in love with hearing itself
say its call letters.
EVERY transmission, no matter how brief, even to say "yes" or "no at
USCG Charleston SC MUST begin by wasting everyone's time with "Motor
vessel Live To Say My Call Sign this is United States Coast Guard
Station Charleston, South Carolina..." We listen, interminably, to
this foolishness on EVERY transmission no matter whether someone is
reporting a log floating in the channel, someone has fallen overboard
and can't be found, someone's boat is sinking FAST and they need
IMMEDIATE HELP, someone has just shot their guest for making a crack
about the drink they've been given, Ft Sumter has just exploded
proving the Yankees aren't REALLY in control like they like to
think.....EVERY DAMNED, INTERMINABLE, STUPID, IDIOTIC, ROBOTIC,
MONOTONE TIME!
Are all your CG radiomen manufactured from the same electronics and
plastic parts that ours are? Are they really human or have their
brains been replaced by a Commodore 64 with 16K of RAM and BASIC in
Rom? I sometimes wonder.
It's such a waste to say EACH STATIONS bogus "handle" over and over
and OVER AND OVER.....sometimes as many as 50 to 100 times if
something I-M-P-O-R-T-A-N-T is going on, like a shrimp trawler
begging, hopelessly, for a Handy Billy Pump as they sink from the
broken shaft seal. "Miss Donna May II this iisssssss United States
Coast Guard Station Charleston South Carolina, United States Coast
Guard Station Charleston South Carolina. Please repeat your last
transmission. Did you ask for a pump? Miss Donna May II this IISSSS
United States Coast Guard Station Charleston South Carolina, United
States Coast Guard Station Charleston South Carolina. Over?"
How utterly STUPID IT SOUNDS AND IS!
Larry KN4IM. Handled traffic all during Hurricane Hugo. Musta told
FCC what my callsign was about twice in 30 days. Hope they took it
down the first time, dammit.....(c;
On 22 Jul 1999 12:21:34 GMT, meca...@aol.com (MECaswell) wrote:
>What is the correct way to request a radio check? I don't want to offend
>anyone with improper marine radio etiquette!!!
>
Peter Nivling
Check out below site for the radio procedure in the first CG District. Also I noted on that page
about radio checks being answered by the CG on ch 16, conditions permitting. Now I know they did
this a couple of years ago and then all of the sudden changed to channel 9 for radio checks and last
I heard on air from them when someone called for a radio check on 16 they advised the caller that
radio checks were to be conducted on channel 9. So, thinking that this may have been an outdated
release I went to the bottom of the page and it said "last revised 1 July 1999". The text said they
did this to reduce the number of false MAYDAY calls in order to get a radio check. Anyone who does
that stunt should be keel-hauled..TWICE! I conduct a radio check at the beginning of the season and
not again unless I think something is wrong with the radio. I have 2 radios and a cellphone so I
really don't worry about it too much. Anyway, here's the url:
http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/marcomms/BOATER.HTM
Regards,
Peter
