Marine Radio Operator's Certificate
Radio course for offshore yachtsmen and sailors.

The Long Range Certificate covers VHF, MF/HF (SSB) and Satellite communications and is a higher level GMDSS certificate to RYA Short Range Certificate.
Long Range Certificate is issued by AMERC on behalf of the MCA and a must for anyone planning to spend time at sea.

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GMDSS Long Range Certificate (LRC) covers

• Marine MF/HF (SSB) & VHF radio
• Digital Selective Calling
• Radio procedures - routine, urgency and distress communications
• Maritime Safety Information Broadcasts
• Maritime radio services
• Radio propagation, antennas and wavelengths
• Radio maintenance - daily, weekly and monthly checks
• Radio regulations and legal requirements
• Satellite communications - Inmarsat C & fleet 77

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Who should attend this course:-

• Anyone planning to sail further than 50 miles off-shore

• Blue Water sailors
• Ocean Yachtmaster

• Yachtsmen taking part in ocean yacht rallies.

• World Cruising Club
• Oyster World Rally
• Blue Water Rally
• Odyssey rallies

• Skippers taking part in ocean races

• Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
• Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
• World ocean racing

• Skippers and masters of any MCA coded vessel Small commercial vessels :-

• Commercial yachts
• Workboats
• Pilot boats

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Flexible course dates with 2 day or 4 day option

with exam on the last day

Long Range Certificate course over 2 days.
Please only consider doing the two day LRC on-line course if you can do the following:-

• Be prepared to complete ALL the on-line study.
  • Usually takes 15 to 20 hours.
  • Allow several days to complete the on-line study.
• You have very good Internet access.
• You can attend our training studio near Southampton for 2 days.

Start Date	Finish date	Course Cost	Exam fee
2nd October, 2017	3rd October, 2017	£340.00	£140. 0
21st October, 2017	22nd October, 2017	£340.00	£140. 0
20th November, 2017	21st November, 2017	£340.00	£140. 0
4th December, 2017	5th December, 2017	£340.00	£140. 0

LRC course over 4 days:
Four day LRC course with exam at our training studio near Southampton with access to our pre-course on-line study.

Start Date	Finish date	Course Cost	Exam fee
30th September, 2017	3rd October, 2017	£ 420.00	£140.00
19th October, 2017	22nd October, 2017	£ 420.00	£140.00
18th November, 2017	21st November, 2017	£ 420.00	£140.00
2nd December, 2017	5th December, 2017	£ 420.00	£140.00

Group and Individual tuition available by arrangement.

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About the Long Range Certificate

The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Long Range Certificate is a higher level certificate to the RYA Short Range Certificate and allows you to operate on any marine MF/HF/VHF frequency/channel and Inmarsat satellite from on-board your yacht.
We keep the technical stuff to a minimum and concentrate on the practical use of equipment. Knowledge of Morse code is not required.

The GMDSS Long Range Certificate is an ideal course for skippers of non-SOLAS vessels, commercially endorsed yachtsman or off-shore and ocean leisure sailor looking at blue water sailing.

NOTE: The Long Range Certificate covers both VHF and MF/HF (SSB).
If you hold a Long Range Certificate you do NOT have to have an RYA Short Range Certificate!

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The agenda for each day is as follows:-

Coffee/Tea is served from 08:30 with the course starting at 09:00 and plan to finish around 17:00.
Comfort breaks are around 10:30 and 15:00 with a 45 minute lunch break between 12:45 and 13:30.
Lunch is not provided, however there is local convenient store 100 metres away.

• Day 1 - Radio propagation, frequencies, SSB and VHF operation, GMDSS, Navtex, EPIRB, SART, weatherfax and email
• Day 2 - Digital Selective Calling (DSC), radio regulations, radio procedures, Inmarsat Satellite & EGC SafetyNET.
• Day 3 - Practical use of equipment including GMDSS procedures, radio telephone group exercise and mock exams.
• Day 4 - Revision, course conclusion and exam.

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YachtCom has a wide range of equipment:-

• Marine MH/HF (SSB) transceiver -Icom M801E and M710
• Marine VHF transceivers - Icom M601, M323
• ICOM IC-M623 VHF transceiver
• ICS Electronics DSC2 DSC class 'A' DSC unit
• NASA NAVTEX receiver
• EPIRB and SART
• Inmarast-C simulator

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About the Exam:-

• The certificate is issued by Radio Colleges (AMERC) on behalf of the MCA
• The exam is in 4 parts and is independently examined on the final day at YachtCom's training studio.
• Prerequisites: Candidates must be 16 or over to obtain certificate and be fluent in English.
• At YachtCom we have a maximum of 6 students per course/exam.

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Customer feedback

Colin Ladd said: "Hi Bob, Many thanks for the course. It was well set up and the notes were excellent. The pace was about right but I was glad I'd spent some time working through the e-learning pre-work before I came. Colin Ladd"

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Student Numbers

Student numbers are kept to a maximum of 6 students per course, so early booking is advised.

Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) radio course for offshore yachtsmen.

To enroll onto the YachtCom GMDSS/SOLAS Long Range Certificate course

Phone: 01489 565100
Overseas: 00 44 1489 565100
Email Address - click here!

Payment can be made over the phone by all major debit and credit cards.

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