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VHF Radio
Osprey’s
VHF radio is located in the panel
above the pilot house windscreens. The radio
has GPS position sourced to it. In an emergency,
the radio’s DSC function can be activated to
broadcast a unique identifier code along with
GPS position. The identifier code (368031150)
is called the MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service
Identity) and is unique to Osprey. The MMSI
is registered in a database that is accessible
to both the USA and Canadian coast guard.
We hope it never becomes necessary to use
it but if it does, we want you to know that it
will broadcast ‘who’ you are and your position so long as the radio and GPS
signals are functioning.
To activate that ‘Panic’ call, lift the red plastic cover on the fixed mount VHF
radios and press and hold the Distress button. The radio’s display will count
down (3-2-1) and then transmit the distress call information. The radio
will automatically channel to 16 and the coast guard will hail Osprey on
that channel to establish contact and determine what assistance is needed.
Consult the radio manual for further details.
You should monitor Channel 16 (emergency call frequency) at all times
when underway.
There is a standard protocol to communications on the marine radio. For
guidance, refer the VHF protocol page in the Waggoner’s Guide, which
provides a summary of channel uses in US and Canadian waters, radio
emergency calls and a good tutorial on radio etiquette.
VHF Radios
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