The UNITED STATE Coast Guard’s Office of Auxiliary & & Boating Safety (CG-BSX) has actually released a brand-new Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB 20-20) from pertaining to carrying out a VHF Marine Radio Check.

The MSIB was released in action to the discontinuation of the Sea Tow- run Automated Radio Check System, which was offered on VHF Channels 24 to 28 for the advantage of seafarers in over 130 places. The solution will certainly be terminated beginning October 2, 2020.

The complete message of MSIB 20-20 is listed below:

Performing a VHF Marine Radio Check

Sea Tow Automated Radio Check System no more offered:

For numerous years, Sea Tow ran an Automated Radio Check System, which was offered on VHF Channels 24 to 28 for the advantage of seafarers in over 130 places. However, on October second, 2020 that solution
was terminated.

How to evaluate a VHF Radio utilizing Rescue 21:

The UNITED STATE Coast Guard remains to use an automated Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Test Call capacity from each of its Rescue 21 seaside terminals. All dealt with install aquatic radios accredited by the Federal Communications Commission because 1999 are needed to have a DSC capacity. All such radios offered because 2011 have to likewise have a DSC examination call capacity. Marine radios transferring as well as efficiently obtaining a action from a DSC examination telephone call can be anticipated to run acceptably in the voice setting too.

To execute a DSC Test Call, get in the UNITED STATE Coast Guard’s coastline terminal team identification “003669999” right into the radio’s DSC memory. Once went into as well as kept, a DSC examination telephone call can be made by carrying out the complying with 3
actions:

1. Select “Test Call” from the radio’s DSC food selection,
2. Select the USCG number became part of memory, as well as
3. Transmit the telephone call.

The radio display screen ought to suggest when that examination telephone call is recognized as well as show the recognizing terminal’s nine-digit identification. That identification might be various than the team identification formerly became part of memory.

Please utilize VHF Channel 09 as well as do not utilize VHF Channel 16:

VHF Channel 16 is except the function of radio checks. Please utilize VHF Channel 09, which has actually been assigned by the FCC as a seafarer’s calling network.

Questions worrying this notification might be sent to Coast Guard Spectrum Management as well as Communications Policy Division (CG-672) at or to the Coast Guard Navigation Center’s “Contact Us” page by choosing “Maritime Telecommunications” as subject.