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When buying electronics for your boat, the first thing on your shopping list should be a VHF radio. VHF is an acronym for Very High Frequency. A marine VHF radio lets the user communicate with other boats, marinas, and bridge tenders, but its most useful function is to summon help in the event of an emergency.  ...

The low cost VHF Marine Radios, whether they are fixed or handheld, provides you with basic functionality. This means, that they will provide basic communications well, but will not likely to have additional features. The performance of the radio will be quite adequate and help keep you safe while on the water.  ...

VHF radio is also better suited to some boating activities than others. Making a call by handheld VHF radio for your boating activity. Always have a handheld, waterproof VHF radio on your person, preferably attached to your lifejacket. Also carry a registered emergency locator beacon, particularly when venturing any significant distance off the coast. Locator beacons work both at sea and on inland waterways. An EPIRB is preferred, but a PLB is a useful alternative.  ...

As a high-end professional maritime radio, retevis RM40 is a new product launched by retevis marine. It is loved by users for its excellent functional features and high cost performance, and is the best choice for maritime practitioners. Because of its powerful function, it is no less powerful than the fixed shipboard platform. Some common shipboard platform users don't realize that it is difficult to use  ...

Anything can happen out on the water. Thankfully, two-way radios offer marine solutions to keep your crew safe, well-connected, and prepared to respond to an emergency. To keep vessels and the lives they transport as safe as possible, there are several systems and technologies working together for both ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communications.   ...

The Retevis RA27 offers everything you could ever want from a VHF marine radio. The sound quality is impeccable! Plus, the radio has an adjustable multicolor LCD screen, integrated GPS, and DSC. It can be used on VHF bands. The adjustable audio feature allows clear messages to be communicated across the noisiest environments. The internal speaker has a rated output of 3W, hence why sound quality is so sufficient.   ...

With more and more leisure boats venturing further from their local shores, safety is paramount. Leisure boat users may be sailing in the same waters as large commercial vessels and will need to have their position and information noted to avoid any collision. This is what AIS (Automatic Identification System) does.  ...

For good reasons, VHF maritime broadcasting is becoming more and more popular with rowers., They can save lives and are easy to use. In maritime communications, they are more effective than CB radios or mobile phones. VHF broadcasting has a more consistent reception than mobile phones. No license is required for use on leisure boats.  ...