Category : | Emergency Services |
Publish date : | December 30, 2015 |
Address | Port Lincoln |
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Contact Name | Gary Smith |
Phone No. | 86881883 |
Tumby Bay, Gary Smith 8688 1883
Due to arrangements and significant VHF infrastructure, members of VMR actively promote VHF radio as the preferred form of communication when transiting waters adjacent to the South Australian coast line.
The VHF repeater network established by the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard and periodically monitored by members of VMR and the State Emergency Service (SES) in South Australia is complementary to the State Government funded ‘Coast Radio Adelaide’ VHF 16/67 network and is currently not linked.
The primary function of the network is to log vessel movement, provide weather and safety message reports, and receive distress and emergency transmissions.
The network is monitored periodically by Limited Coastal Listening Stations positioned around the coastline (refer to the table below).
Users are asked to adhere to recognised radio procedure and, to avoid the potential to interfere with emergencies, keep transmissions brief. The VHF repeater coverage is depicted in the map below.
The following times currently apply for monitoring hours, scheduled contacts – or skeds – and regular weather reports.
STATION | TIME | FREQUENCY | MONITOR |
Sea Rescue Adelaide [0700 – 1800 hrs] |
0740 Hrs 1210 Hrs 1710 Hrs |
27 MHz Ch 86 VHF Ch 67 HF 2524 |
27 MHz Ch 88, 86 VHF Ch 16, 80 DSC HF Scanning 2 – 16 MHz /DSC |
Coast Guard-Ardrossan [0700 – 1800 hrs] |
0835 Hrs 1805 Hrs |
27 MHz Ch 88 VHF Ch 80 |
27 MHz Ch 88 VHF Ch 16, 80 |
VMR Tumby Bay [0700 – 1800 hrs] |
0745 Hrs 1715 Hrs |
27 MHz Ch 88, 86 VHF Ch 81 HF 2524 |
27 MHz Ch 88, 86 VHF Ch 16, 81 HF 2524 |
Whyalla Sea Rescue [0800 – 1600 hrs] |
0805 Hrs 1545 Hrs |
27 MHz Ch 88, 91 VHF 73 |
27 MHz Ch 88 VHF Ch 16, 82 UHF Ch 11 |
Note: Coast Stations may provide weather reports outside of routine broadcast times on request. Warnings issued by the Bureau of Meteorology will be broadcast as they come to hand. Some Coastal Stations offer ‘sked’ calling services. Mariners wishing to enquire about or be included in ‘skeds’ should contact the relevant Coastal Station.
Mariners are encouraged to contact the relevant Coast Station as soon as practicable after launching or putting to sea advising the following :-
Calling and Traffic Protocol
Note: A mobile telephone, while useful, is not a substitute for a marine radio. If you intend operating a motor boat in Unprotected Waters, you must have a marine radio aboard that is in working order and capable of communicating with a shore based station, and you must know how to operate it.