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VHF Radio Checklists For Sailors

VHF Radio Checklists For Sailors

Rated 4.67 out of 5 based on 3 customer ratings
(3 customer reviews)

$15.97

Boat Safety: VHF Radio Broadcasts is a boaters must-have VHF Radio broadcast reference guide. When using the VHF to call another boat, marina or send a broadcast to all boats (MAYDAY, etc.) there are set steps to take and very specific words to use. This guide will help the user to:

  • reduce mistakes
  • lessen anxiety
  • make speaking over the radio easier

NOTE: You can buy a hardcopy version of this guide on Amazon or on my Etsy Shop here!

Category: Boat Safety Tags: Checklist, Templates, VHF, VHF Book
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  • Reviews (3)

Description

After my husband and I decided to sell everything we own, buy a sailboat, and sail around the world, I had to conquer my VHF fears. This was before I created VHF Radio Checklists. I had to overcome my anxiety of pronouncing something wrong, saying ‘over’ when I should have said ‘out’, and on a more important note; I had to learn how to use the VHF in the case of an emergency.

VHF Radio Checklists was created to help people like me to get familiar with what to say, how to say it and what to do if an emergency does occur. Filled with examples, checklists and fill in the blank templates, this guide can be given to any crew member for general help on how to make a ship-to-ship call or how to handle an emergency or safety broadcast.


This collection includes a set of examples for each of the following AND a fill in the blanks template for readers to use:


  • Using the VHF to call a boat or place
  • MAYDAY Broadcast
  • MAYDAY RELAY Broadcast
  • PAN PAN Broadcast
  • Broadcast to Request Medical Advice
  • SÉCURITÉ message
  • Cancelling a VHF Alert
  • Sending a RECEIVED MAYDAY Transmission
  • Receiving a VHF Distress Message
  • In the Appendix, you’ll also find a phonetic alphabet table and a phonetic numerals table

I also offer several pages of tips, suggestions and techniques to make using the VHF radio easier.

Note: A hard copy of this book can be obtained from Amazon.com (link here)

Total Pages: 36 US Letter pages. Includes over 20 tips on how best to use the VHF, examples of all the listed broadcasts above, templates to help a user fill in the blanks to make a broadcast, in addition to a copy of the phonetic alphabet and phonetic numerals table.


Excerpt from VHF Radio Checklists – Sending a MAYDAY Broadcast


In addition to the below checklist and fill in the blank template, within the book you’ll also find a full MAYDAY Broadcast example to get a firm grim on what needs to be said and how it needs be said. Letters and numbers need to be read out phonetically. If the user doesn’t have a military background this type of pronunciation might be foreign to him or her. With the help from the guide a crew member can fill in the template accurately. When emergency strikes it’s imperative to get messages across in the correct way to reduce misunderstandings and delays.

Sending a MAYDAY Broadcast

  • Fill out the below template making sure to write the phonetic alphabet for the Call Sign (A=Alpha, B=Beta, etc.), longitude and latitude written out digit by digit (ex. In position four-nine-degrees, three-eight decimal four-five north).
  • Open the cover over the red distress button momentarily and if prompted to choose a relevant distress reason (fire, sinking, man over board, etc.).
  • Depress the red button for 5 seconds or until the radio informs you that the alert has been sent.
  • Wait 15 seconds and then pick up the radio voice transmitter and depress the side button to announce the broadcast outlined below slowly. Repeat the MAYDAY every 4 minutes until a response is received.

MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.
This is (your boat name 3x):
Call Sign:
MMSI:

MAYDAY (your boat name spoken once):
Call Sign:
MMSI:

My position is: (Longitude) and (Latitude)
The nature of distress is:
I require immediate assistance. We have ___ persons on board.
Other information to note is as follows:

Over. (Set timer for 4 minutes for next broadcast attempt if nothing heard)

Buy and print your VHF Radio Checklists guide today and put it in your navigation table!

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3 reviews for VHF Radio Checklists For Sailors

  1. Rated 4 out of 5

    Getting There – April 4, 2017

    Extremely Practical – This book likely will give confidence to boaters who might hesitate to ask for or provide assistance while on the water. It is exactly what it purports to be.

  2. Rated 5 out of 5

    Flyfisher250 – April 4, 2017

    Most Helpful Checklist and Templates – Makes a complicated subject understandable. Very helpful.

  3. Rated 5 out of 5

    Brent Meyer (verified owner) – November 14, 2017

    Downloaded & very massively informed by the purchase!😎
    Thank you!

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