Why should personal kayak use VHF marine radio

Why should a kayaker purchase a VHF marine radio? As a kayaker, safety should be the paramount consideration for us., so that is why we always carry marine radios.

Kayakers or other sailors use VHF mariner radios for a number of reasons. They use them to let everyone know where them are, what they are doing, at what time they are going to be on the water and what time they are going to be back. They use radio in case of breakdowns or to call for assistance when they see a stranded vessel. Radios are also useful for listening to information relating to traffic movements in harbours and can be used to communicate with these large vessels to let them know where they are. The coastguard issue routine weather forecasts and navigational warnings, broadcast at 4 hourly intervals for all coastal areas, all around the country, this information is invaluable for coastal cruising.

Generally mobile phones are not waterproof so if they come into contact with water, they aren’t that reliable; they aren’t very dependable especially offshore where there is little coverage and their batteries tend to run down very easily. Mobile phones don’t have marine frequencies and you can only speak to one person at a time. With a radio you can send out a radio message and all radio users listening and in range can hear you. Also, the Coastguard and the RNLI are not as equipped to direction find mobile phone transmissions as they are with marine VHF.

So kayakers could not do without VHF marine radios. If you are a kayak and don’t bring VHF marine radio before sailing or training, we suggest you’d better not go out because it’s really unsafe. If you don’t have a satisfactory VHF marine radio, you can contact us. Our marine VHF radios are good and cheap, meeting your requirement.