“Lyngby Radio, this is Cinderella, Thank you. Out.”


A few seconds later, the coast radio station operator will call you back, to tell you the cost of the call, in Gold Francs.


Link calls — shore to ship


It is possible, though increasingly unusual, for someone ashore to contact a vessel afloat by placing a link call through a coast radio station.


When the call is received by the coast radio station, it will add the details of the vessel called to its “traffic list”, and broadcast a list of all those vessels on its current traffic list at a regular time given in the lists of radio stations and in yachtsmen’s almanacs.


If you hear your own vessel name or callsign being called, it is up to you to call the coast radio station. The procedure is very much the same as if you instigate the call, except that instead of requesting a link call, you should say “you have traffic for me”.


Prowords


Although it is generally best to avoid jargon, the examples of radio calls earlier in this chapter include several examples of special procedure words or “prowords”:-


this is


over


out


radio check


station calling


say again


I say again


 


To English-speakers, they look like everyday words, and their meanings are almost self- explanatory. In the international language of radio communications, however, they have quite distinct meanings which — like “over” and “out” — may be more tightly defined than in everyday speech.

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