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Whichever option you choose, having AIS on your boat will without doubt make your sailing experiences safer. As well as less stressful in poor visibility or when crossing busy shipping lanes. Even a simple receiver with a small whip antenna at deck level is effective. Allowing you to keep informed of what ships are around and which ones you need to keep an eye on.  ...

You should tell your friends or family before fishing or paddleboarding. During the epidemic, more and more people feel that staying at home is boring, but they want to maintain social distance. Gradually like fishing or paddleboarding at sea. This is the experience shared by our customer.  ...

Make sure your radio is on. On the radio, press the 16/9-Tri button to switch to Channel 16 (156.8 MHz). (If the corner of the display does not show 16, press the 16/9-Tri button again until it does.) Press the push to talk button and say: “MAYDAY -- MAYDAY -- MAYDAY.”  ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a United States science agency that operates in the US Department of Commerce. The agency works on projects concerning the oceans, main waterways, and the atmosphere. Some of the services provided by NOAA are weather forecasts, severe weather warnings, and climate monitoring.  ...

There is no "distance" index in radio communication, because the ultra short wave communication is line of sight transmission, and the signal is blocked and interfered by buildings, hills, forests, electromagnetic fields, etc.,  ...

The principle of intercom communication is to use electromagnetic wave to transmit information in the air. According to Maxwell's electromagnetic field theory, the changing electric field produces the changing magnetic field, and the changing magnetic field produces the changing electric field.  ...

VHF protocol is to repeat the name of the boat you’re calling two or three times, followed by “this is…” and the name of your vessel twice.After making contact, request to switch from the hailing channel (16) to a working channel such as 68, 69, or 72 for conversation. The other person should reply confirming that channel, or propose another. Without confirmation, you can find yourself scanning channels to find where the other person went, or if they heard you clearly.  ...

VHF radios are cheap to buy these days, have a long lifespan, and are easy and quick to use. The beauty of using a VHF radio is that it is a “one to many” communication system. This means that if you broadcast on Channel 16, the call-up and emergency channel, other VHF radios turned on in your area will hear you. If you need assistance quickly, then other boats in your area are your best option.  ...

There are two types of maritime VHF radio: Handheld and fixed, in which the fixed maritime VHF radio contains MMSI code. Different brands of maritime VHF radios have different editing methods for MMSI code. The following is a brief introduction to the MMSI code editing method of RA27.  ...

The best two-way radio systems for yachts help keep everyone safe while enabling clear and consistent communication across the ship, and all the way back on land. Many things can go wrong out at sea, from ice blocking the designated route to rough currents that threaten to capsize a boat. If anything goes wrong, the ability to communicate is key to getting assistance in a timely manner. Hence, why two-way radios are a staple necessity onboard yachts, or any other type of vessel.  ...