Radio Handbook. Your guide to marine communication/Радиосправочник. Гид по общению на море

Издание на английском языке This handbook is a guide for operators of coastal and vessel radio stations, including operators of VHF (very high frequency) and SSB (single sideband, also called MF/HF) radios. It provides information about: - how search and rescue is managed in New Zealand; - distress, urgency and safety calls, including appropriate use of cellphones; - radio-telephone procedures; - coverage; - useful contacts and terms. Maritime New Zealand’s Maritime Radio Service (Maritime Radio) is responsible for maintaining VHF and HF radio services for New Zealand’s coastal waters and much of the South Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea. The services it provides include monitoring radio frequencies for distress messages 24/7. The region covered by the New Zealand Distress and Radio Safety Service is known as NAVAREA XIV and includes 12.5 percent of the Earth’s ocean surface. It extends from the middle of the Tasman Sea to the mid-Pacific Ocean, and from Antarctica to south of the equator. Contents Introduction Maritime Radio How search and rescue is managed in New Zealand How radio works Radio waves Frequency characteristics Simplex and Semi-duplex VHF radio Aerials (antennae) Shielding Distress calls Distress, urgency and safety calls Communicating distress Distress procedure Alarm signal Distress call Distress message Acknowledging a distress message Relaying a distress message Controlling distress traffic Resuming restricted working Resuming normal working Urgency signal and message Safety signal and message Emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) Personal locator beacons (PLBs) Summary – Procedures for distress, urgency and safety communications Using cellphones for distress and urgency calls Using satellite telephones Radio-telephone procedure Procedural words (prowords Phonetic alphabet Transmitting numbers (figures) SSB frequencies and VHF channels Using callsigns and IDs Operating procedure Silence period Radio listening watch Voyage or trip reports Coverage and services Maritime Radio: VHF and SSB Maritime Radio VHF coverage VHF broadcasts Taupo Maritime Radio/ZLM (MF/HF) MF/HF broadcasts Warnings Other weather information Medical advice Ionospheric Prediction Services (IPS) Satellite safety services Tsunami warnings in New Zealand Other information Medical evacuation (Medevac) Sea rescue by helicopter Working with a helicopter Secrecy of correspondence Transmissions in harbour Testing radio apparatus Interference Offences and penalties Useful contacts Glossary of terms Coastal weather forecast areas VHF marine channels Radio distress calling