prv
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Of course, but the question was "are there any laws?", not "do people obey the laws?"
Pete
vhf radio usage
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Of course, but the question was "are there any laws?", not "do people obey the laws?"
Pete
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timbartlett
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Even before DSC, it was a legal requirement to have a ship radio licence as well as an authority to operate -- two documents, loosely analogous to a car tax disc and a driving licence. A particularly good analogy because the ship licence, for a while, was a round paper thing the same size as a tax disc!
The "authorities" used to be much more keen on prosecuting people for not having ship radio licences than they are now (because it involved the thing dearest to the stony heart of government (money)), but they realised that there were so few licences (and even fewer people deliberately breaking the law) that the ludicrous panoply of bureacracy involved was costing more than it generated. I suppose theycould have increased the licence fee to pay for the costs of enforcing it -- and thereby increased the incentive to evade it -- but for once, sanity reigned and they just scrapped the fee.
But this is the british civil service we are talking about, so complete sense could not be allowed to go unchecked! So they left the legal requirement for a licence in place! So now we have to have licence, and can get fined for not doing so, even though the licence itself is free. There will of course be a fine bonanza when people forget to "renew" these pointless computer printouts, but at least it will mean that any idiot who thinks it is funny to call a boat "Mayday" will get caught and fined under the "lack of licence" law quite quickly.
rogerthebodger
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rogerthebodger
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Who the Hell keeps calling me.
mlines
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Not the explanation I have ever heard of.
Both words are completely valid radio pro-words when used on their own.
"Over" - means over to you, the conversation is ongoing.
"Out" - means I have finished, nothing more to be said
"Roger" means "I understand", note that it does not mean that anything will be done. ie. "Turn Starboard","Roger" then promptly ignoring the request is valid.
"Wilco" means " I will co-operate", ie. not only to I understand the request but I will actually carry it out.
Martin
chanelyacht
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"Roger" is a standard approved proword within HMCG's operations, and stems from it's allowance under the CSOC (Coast Station Operator's Certificate) issued under ITU regulations. It means "last transmission received satisfactorily". It doesn't mean "understand" - you could then ask the sender to clarify, it merely means you have received what they said. As others have said, it doesn't imply actions will be taken. It is also different to "copied", which is used when a tx is intercepted between two other stations.
Wait till you're all having to use IMO prowords like "answer" before you give the answer to a question
prv
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...except by Southampton VTS, who use it constantly to acknowledge vessels reporting to them
Pete
ccscott49
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Are you the owner of White Mouse, the philips 50?
riverraft
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calling on vhf
just finished my vhf course, when callling a marina )( who are most likely listening, use 1x then your own 1x. when calling someone and your not sure if their listening use 3x 2x over.
mind you since the course i have found everyone use mobiles on the river so have had no chance to use my vhf radio. will have to find someone within marina to practice.
regards
just finished my vhf course, when callling a marina )( who are most likely listening, use 1x then your own 1x. when calling someone and your not sure if their listening use 3x 2x over.
mind you since the course i have found everyone use mobiles on the river so have had no chance to use my vhf radio. will have to find someone within marina to practice.
regards
G12
Member
Yes. Ofcom won't give you a station license.
According to the instructor on my VHF course, there was a catamaran in Cowes whose license application kept being rejected. The boat was called Wet Pussy
Pete
There's a dive boat working out of Porthkerris (Catamaran) called Cornish Pussy, shes often on the radio to Falmouth coastguard letting them know what they're up to.
mcframe
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http://www.moviesounds.com/redoct/crazyivan.mp3 is a nice incoming text sound on one's smartphone ;->
Get the whole lot at http://www.moviesounds.com/redoct.html, including http://www.moviesounds.com/redoct/verify.mp3
I tend to 'read back' the important things (partly to help me remember), so often sign off with "$FOOBAR marina, proceeding berth delta two, port side to, thank you, $MYBOAT, out."
mcframe
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Wait till you're all having to use IMO prowords like "answer" before you give the answer to a question
C&V at:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/tp-tp4330-menu-280.htm
I sometimes lapse into it when working with cow-orkers who, err do not have English as their first language....
One of thousands:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkSh9JEDv50
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