West Coast Groundfish Observer Program Manual, Part2 - NOAA

APPENDIX R
• When trying to establish communications repeat the other station’s name, and your name, at
least twice. A typical message may be as follows:
You: Coast Guard Station San Francisco Coast Guard Station San Francisco; this is the fishing
vessel Starry Flounder, Whiskey Tango Zulu four, one, nine, zero; this is the fishing vessel Starry
Flounder,
Whiskey Tango Zulu four, one, nine, zero on channel sixteen, over.
C.G.: Fishing vessel Starry Flounder this is Coast Guard Station San Francisco shift and answer on channel eleven,
out.
You: Coast Guard Station San Francisco Coast Guard Station San Francisco this is the Starry
Flounder on channel eleven, over.
C.G.: Fishing vessel Starry Flounder, this is Coast Guard Station Kodiak send your traffic, over.
You: San Francisco this is the Starry Flounder, I am an observer talking for the captain. A crewman
has a
badly crushed arm and needs hospitalization. Can you evacuate the crewman? Over. “
C.G.: Vessel Starry Flounder, this is San Francisco. Affirmative. What is your current position? Over. “
You: San Francisco this is the Starry Flounder. Position is fifty-five degrees fifty minutes north, 157
degrees, twenty-four minutes west, over..A-55
A-54
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