How To Use A VHF Radio On A Boat - Boating Basics

In this video Ryan McVinney with Boat Trader and Captain Jeff Lagrew with America's Boating club explain how to use a VHF radio on a boat. The pair is aboard a new Four Winns H4 provided by Intermarine for this boating basics lesson. The how-to, 101-style tutorial video for boaters teaches boaters to understand the fundamentals of marine communications and learn how and when to properly make radio calls. Topics covered include the channels of a VHF marine radio including how boaters should use and monitor channel 16 (for ship-to-ship communications), channel 13 (for bridges and navigation), channel 9 (hailing channel) and channel 22 (coast guard) as well as the fundamentals of distress calls (mayday), urgent calls (pan pan) and basic safety communications (securité) and how and when to use each type of call.

Know The Important VHF Radio Channels:
Channel 16 - Primarily used for emergencies and ship-to-ship communications.
Channel 13 - Used for navigation and bridges.
Channel 09 - The general hailing channel, preferred by many recreational boaters (not monitored by the Coast Guard).
Channel 22 - Reserved for the Coast Guard (USCG)

Content:
0:00 Intro
0:15 Handheld VHF Radio
0:24 Two Basic Channels of VHF Marine Radio Communications (16 and 9)
0:53 VHF Radio Channels Explained
1:07 VHF Weather Channel (W/X button)
1:28 Cell Phones Vs VHF Radios
1:41 VHF Radio Distance to Antennae Height
2:29 Fixed Radios Vs Handheld Radios
2:49 Monitoring Channel 16
3:30 Urgent Distress Calls (Mayday, Pan Pan, Securité)
4:58 America's Boating Club Lessons And Courses
5:09 Boat Trader's Boating Basics And Resources
5:16 Intermarine And Four Winns

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[SailorChic]

Great info! No music next time. It almost completely drowned out the guys talking.

[christopherstevenson]

Thanks. Good basic tips. The guy on a handheld radio at the end is holding his radio almost sideways. Not as you mentioned in your good video. Maybe a different video clip at the end?

[AlexMcMeeken]

What Channels other than 72 are ok to use for general purposes

[stevepeterson]

If people prefer loud music drowning out the video they can turn on the stereo in their house. But we cant turn it down if you bake it into to the video, its TOO LOUD GUYS HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING
SOUNDS


thanks though.

[stanleybest]

Talk softer in the microphone when your boat is noisy. Have a CB radio and a VHS. Channels 68, 69, and 71 are for chitchat including with land. 72 and 78 are said to be strictly boat to boat.

[saym]

Thanks so much! Ditto on ditching the music.

[pirate]

The music is very annoying and adds nothing to the video.