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2. Marine VHF radio - Wikipedia

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   A standard handheld marine VHF, mandatory on larger seagoing vessels under the GMDSS rules A VHF set and a VHF channel 70 DSC set, the DSC on top A vintage (76-89) marine VHF radiotelephone. Marine VHF radio is a worldwide system of two way radio transceivers on ships and watercraft used for bidirectional voice communication from ship-to-ship ...

3. Maritime mobile amateur radio - Wikipedia

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   These antenna configurations are more common on merchant ships. A handheld amateur VHF radio transceiver ready for "maritime mobile" use on a 28' yacht. For VHF and UHF operation, one option is to mount a small Yagi antenna to a pole 1–2 m (3–6 ft) long and haul this to the masthead using a flag halyard. If the halyard is correctly knotted ...

4. Very high frequency - Wikipedia

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   The VHF band is the first band at which efficient transmitting antennas are small enough that they can be mounted on vehicles and portable devices, so the band is used for two-way land mobile radio systems, such as walkie-talkies, and two way radio communication with aircraft and ships (marine radio).

5. List of United States Coast Guard radio stations - Wikipedia

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   Coast Guard Auxiliary stations are privately owned stations that have been offered for use of the Government and have been approved by the Coast Guard. They may be on the marine VHF band or use HF communications. In addition, many Coast Guard Auxiliarists are qualified radio watchstanders at existing Coast Guard stations.

6. 2182 kHz - Wikipedia

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   2182 kHz is analogous to channel 16 on the marine VHF band, but unlike VHF which is limited to ranges of about 20 to 50 nautical miles (40 to 90 km) depending on antenna height, [3] communications on 2182 kHz and nearby frequencies have a reliable range of around 50 to 100 nautical miles (90 to 190 km) during the day and 150 to 300 nautical miles (280 to 560 km) or sometimes more at night.

7. Digital selective calling - Wikipedia

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   For VHF, DSC has its own dedicated receiver for monitoring Channel 70, but uses the main VHF transceiver for transmission. However, for the user, the controller is often a single unit. [ 1 ] MF/HF DSC devices monitor multiple bands for distress, urgency and safety sécurité transmissions in the 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16 MHz marine bands.