You are sailing Serenity towards Cowes and want to raft up with your friends on Sea Breeze for lunch. You do not know which channel they are listening on, so call them on 16, move to a working channel and agree a meeting point and time. Keep your time on 16 to a minimum.
- Position
- Two miles north-east of Cowes
- Wind
- South-west 3
- Sea
- Slight
- Weather
- Fair
- Visibility
- Good
- Radio
- Fixed DSC radio, starting on channel 16
- Lunch ready
- Fenders aboard
What you need to do
- Call Sea Breeze on 16 briefly and propose an inter-ship working channel
- Move to the working channel and agree a meeting point and time
- Use correct call format, prowords and phonetics
- End the exchange and return to 16
The stations don't follow a script. They answer what you actually say, and after the exchange the debrief shows which of these you did and what to work on.
SRC syllabus topics
- Routine call format
- Working channel discipline
- Channel selection
- Phonetic alphabet and figures
Practise it
This scenario comes with Monthly and Annual. Start with the free plan to learn the radio and try two routine calls first.