“Because” or “Shut up that’s why” (that’s my favorite “because”)
It is. We had to decide on a standard distress channel. That’s it.
why is Channel 16 the international maritime distress and calling channel?
Submitted 1 year ago by Crampon@lemmy.world to [deleted]
Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Bonus question : Why a channel rather than a frequency ? I have no idea how to set my radion on channel 16, but I can most likely access the maritime band with my free-flight radio (which technically is an unlocked VHF-UHF transmiter)
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
under the hood it is a frequency, it’s standardized by ITU
zaph@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The frequency is 156.8mhz. The documentation gives both.
Crampon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I believe this is for ease of use. When using HF or MF you have to set the frequency yourself. That is a level above The required SRC - short range certificate needed for a VHF.