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
13th September, 2017	14th September, 2017	£340.00	£140. 0
2nd October, 2017	3rd 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
11th September, 2017	14th September, 2017	£ 420.00	£140.00
30th September, 2017	3rd 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.
• At YachtCom we have a maximum of 6 students per course/exam.

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Customer feedback

Ken Barker said: "Brilliant course. Intensive, thorough, stimulating, expertly taught and with first class equipment for the practical side of the course. This has to be the best course for the LRC certificate anywhere. The bonus is that if you have a question about marine communications Bob Smith has the answer - guaranteed. Many thanks, Ken Barker "

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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: 07840 341 497
Overseas: 00 44 7840 341 497
Email Address - click here!

10% of LRC and RYA Radar courses

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

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