Dinghy and callsigns

[Guest]

VHF licenses cover both dinghies (as tenders) and the main set, so that both can talk to each other, right? So which call sign does one use to call the other? Presumeably the main set is the one on the license but what does the tender use? "<Boat name> tender..." or "Tango Tango <boat name>" (for T/T)? Any ideas?

 

[rich]

try shore party. or use a prearranged channel

 

[Guest]

Yes, but in London Charing Cross control is operating on CH09. If I am in the dinghy and want to ask clearance what call sign should I use?

 

[hlb]

Anything you like!!
As long as you both know who your talking to.
Whats it matter?
Or, rename the dinghy and call it Rubber Duck or something!

Haydn

 

[trev]

You don't need to use the call sign for normal radio conversations. Just make sure you are ona non-restricted channel and call by name.

Trev

 

[Guest]

On the MBM cruise, when they were organising the mooring up, Tom Gregory used a hand held on the dock to sort things out and prefaced all radio traffic with "Boat Name Mobile" and then when speaking to the main boat, kept the same format so we had "White Rabbit Mobile, this is White Rabbit over" etc. Seemed a pretty good and clear way of differentiating. Would that work in your dinghy I wonder?

 

[adarcy]

Although a newbie on the forum, I remember this from the distant past of a VHF course.
Looked it up in the Post Office Handbook for Radio Operators to make sure
Section 161 "On Board" communications ...ship to liferafts ..during drills or operations....groups of vessels...AS WELL AS for line handling and mooring instructions - the master station calls shipname ALPHA (or Bravo etc etc) this is shipname CONTROL. The portable responds shipname CONTROL this is shipname ALPHA etc
We've been using it for years around the Solent and CG hasn't told us off yet

Anthony D'Arcy