Some VHF sets fitted with DSC now include an inbuilt function to cancel a distress alert instead of the switch-off-switch-back-on approach.An SPRL is valid only to the extent of UK territorial seas. A Ship Portable Radio Licence (SPRL) is for equipment such as a handheld VHF, PLB or EPIRB that may be used on multiple vessels.Channel 10 is still used and is also used for oil pollution operations. The channels on which UK Maritime Safety Information ( MSI) messages are transmitted have been changed to 62, 63 and 64.Both systems are now officially part of GMDSS. The term SART may refer to an AIS-based 'Search and Rescue Transmitter' or a radar-based 'Search and Rescue Transponder'.Changes to Distress Relay proceduresĬandidates for the SRC exam particularly, should also be aware the following updates: Here's a link to the RYA website that explains more about the new procedure. Distress Relay should be made by voice only, targeted to a specific Coast Station using VHF channel 16. The most critical update is a change to the procedure for Distress Relay.ĭigital Selective Calling (DSC) is no longer used to initiate a Distress Relay voice call and message.
If your RYA VHF Handbook was published before July 2019 it will not include these changes. There have been changes to the VHF marine radio protocol recently.
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