This handy book for the leisure user is a quick-reference guide to radio procedures (including Urgency, Safety, and Distress messaging); installing and maintaining a VHF radio; the licensing requirements, and GMDSS including Navtex. It also features useful extras, including prowords, the phonetic alphabet and numerals, and two sample Distress Procedure Cards for vessels with and without DSC. Chapters GMDSS Radio Procedures Installation and Maintenance, and Licensing With an easy-to-follow, reader-friendly layout, the RYA Handy Guide to Marine Radio makes even the most complicated subjects easy to understand.