MaxE
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What Chanel do the dive boats use to chat in Cozumel? Planning ahead for an upcoming trip and would like to pre program the lifeline radio.
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Aren't all VHF radios made to monitor ch 16 even if their preferred channel is another?
And that's what I meant. Thank you for explaining it much better than I could. So if an emergency is heard on 16, the receiver can switch to 16 as needed for two-way communication. The distressed user can try his primary channel first, then switch to 16 if needed to hit all stations in range. Do I have that right?What most radios have is a dual watch facility, where the radio is set to the working channel you use and flicks back to ch 16 then back again. When a signal is received on ch16 the radio will stay on 16 until the signal stops.
I thought so, but only marine radios. Other VHF radios do not. I would use 16 only in an emergency.