RYA VHF Marine Radio (SRC)

This enjoyable course covers both the training requirements for the VHF Short Range Certificate and includes the use of a VHF Radio equipped with Digital Selective Calling (DSC). The minimum duration for the course is 10 hours, no previous knowledge is assumed,

To keep the formal classroom element within a recognised day we have divided the training into two parts: Part a) 2.5 hours’ home study, to support this we will send you a home study pack including the RYA VHF Handbook (G31) by Tim Bartlett, and Part b) 7.5 hours training at our training location in the Midlands.

Course Structure

With the home study pack and the classroom sesson you will cover:

         Types of VHF Radio Sets 

         Basic Calling 

         Channel Allocation 

         Licensing 

         Range of operation

         SARTS 

         EPIRBS 

         Navtex 

         DSC Alerting 

         Distress Alerting and the Mayday call

         Urgency calls

         All Ships Safety calls

Useful Information

Price : Full Course £100.00 Plus RYA Certification Fee £60.00