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Mareng Radio Communication - Unit 1: Distance Four Miles (160° 4 Nautical Miles)

The document discusses four methods for giving a ship's position in radio communication: 1. Latitude and longitude which is used when clear of land or near a clear coast or when geographical names may be confusing. 2. Bearing and distance from a navigation mark or sea mark which is used when near land or a sea mark or when different charts with different datums may be used. 3. Referencing a navigation mark like a lighthouse when approaching ports or harbors. 4. Reporting points in areas where reporting points are marked on charts. The position should always be given as originally observed in distress, safety or urgency situations. Bearings and courses are given in three figures and rudder angles use standard terminology.

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Mareng Radio Communication - Unit 1: Distance Four Miles (160° 4 Nautical Miles)

The document discusses four methods for giving a ship's position in radio communication: 1. Latitude and longitude which is used when clear of land or near a clear coast or when geographical names may be confusing. 2. Bearing and distance from a navigation mark or sea mark which is used when near land or a sea mark or when different charts with different datums may be used. 3. Referencing a navigation mark like a lighthouse when approaching ports or harbors. 4. Reporting points in areas where reporting points are marked on charts. The position should always be given as originally observed in distress, safety or urgency situations. Bearings and courses are given in three figures and rudder angles use standard terminology.

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MarEng Radio Communication Unit 1

POSITION Methods of giving a position Which method to use: 1. Latitude and Longitude: - when clear of land, when near a clear coast - when geographical names may be confusing Example: 30 50' N 018 25' 02 E Position: Latitude: three-zero degrees five-zero minutes North; Longitude: zero-one-eight degrees two-five decimal zero-two minutes East. 2. Bearing and Distance: - when near land or sea mark - when there is a possibility of charts with different datums being used Notice that the correct order is bearing fromdistance Examples: My position is: bearing: one-niner-four degrees true from Cape Fantasia, distance one two decimal four miles. Oil clearance operations in position: bearing 160 [one-six-zero] degrees from Barwater Pier distance four miles (160; 4 nautical miles). 3. Reference to a Navigation Mark - when approaching ports or harbours Example: Position: I am approaching / passing / leaving Harmaja lighthouse.

Using Cardinal Points / North, South, East, West, also Northeast, Southwest etc., example: Oil clearance operations east of fairway at Helsinki Ligthouse. 4. By Reporting Points - in areas where reporting points have been marked on the charts Example: I am approaching reporting point number 2.

NOTE: In a distress, safety or urgency situation the position is always to be transmitted in the form in which it was observed! NOTE: Bearings and courses are always given in three figures: Pilot boat is bearing 215 (T) from you. Buoy 030 on your port bow. [Pilot boat is bearing two-one-five degrees true from you.] [Buoy zero-three-zero degrees on your port bow.] NOTE: Rudder angles in steering orders are given as follows. Starboard 15! (fifteen, NOT five-one) Port 20! (twenty)
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