STATUE
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My guess is, that no matter how often we rage about sailors calling the Coastguard for a 'radio check', the ego boost they get by demonstrating to their guests such 'in control' skills is just too tempting.
When guests on board Boost your ego, call Chnl 16 !?
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NealB
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They must have very low self esteem if they think that'll impress anybody, surely?
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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Haha, I totally agree; for some people, this is the highlight of the day.
Daydream believer
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For the CG it is probably their highlight as well- How depressing is that?
capnsensible
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Why would anyone 'rage' over something that really doesnt seem to matter very much at all?
DJE
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Untill the coastguard asks for his call sign and he doesn't know it! ?
Cantata
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I heard this happen one hot Sunday morning a few years ago.
All was quiet at first. Then the calls started up. After two or three of them, the CG (it was the now defunct Thames CG) started asking for call signs. Obvious panic ensued on board each caller's boat in turn.
And after that, peace returned!
[70521]
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Brilliant! I have mine plastered on the front of the boat manual, but have never been asked for it
john_morris_uk
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Our boat call sign is on the ‘crib sheet for making a mayday call’ stuck to the bulkhead at the chart table.
As I haven’t made a radio check call for several years (last time the mast was out and reinstated) I’m losing interest in the thread.
Nikia
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The call sign for "Nikia" is printed on Dymo tape and stuck on the vhf .
LONG_KEELER
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Why not contact Coastwatch on Ch65 . They would probably like a chat to hone their radio skills. Check when they are manned though.
You can also say how much you appreciate their service.
You can also say how much you appreciate their service.
DJE
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Laminated sheet on the bulkhead by the radio on our boat with boat name, call sign, and MMSI.
(I have recently added LOA, beam, and draft to remind whoever is talking to the marina.)
ip485
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They should ask for their callsign and then ask them to state the callsign phonetically.
savageseadog
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I've always maintained that these radio checks are an indications of insecurity and self importance in different measures.
KellysEye
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If I wanted a VHF radio check I would call our handheld but not on Ch16. For our SSB the only option is the coastguard and I called once before we went long distance sailing.
STATUE
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Well done Long Keeler, you are the first to mention NCI. CH 65.
maby
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I often make a radio check call to Coastwatch - it is reassuring to know that everything is working and I suspect that it makes their day too. Actually I use Coastwatch quite often - will call them up for a recent weather forecast and to ask if there is anything going on in the area that I should knwo about before I cast off. It's easier than sitting waiting for the CG to broadcast an MSI and helps to justify the existence of the NCI.
dom
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"Make their day" !, "Justify their existence" !! ....feeling a tad superior today per chance?
maby
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"Make their day" !, "Justify their existence" !! ....feeling a tad superior today per chance?
Not at all - I am a great fan of the NCI - but they seem to be seriously under used - the majority of sailors simply don't know that they exist.
awol
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Possibly because, except over a minuscule proportion of our coastline, they don't.