The Quansheng UV-K5 is a popular handheld radio. It’s useful out of the box, but also cherished for its modification potential. [OM0ET] purchased one of these capable VHF/UHF radios, but got ...

Without life jackets but with a handheld marine radio to help in their rescue, a man and his two sons spent several hours ...

Volunteers from five lifeboat stations were involved in the search operation after the casualty failed to return home after a ...

Solo sailor Chris Ellery sparked a massive land, sea and air search when he failed to return home after a trip to ...

or have a secondary means of contact such as a personal handheld VHF radio. "Whichever means you choose should kept within reach at all times, and if necessary within a waterproof pouch.

Solo sailor Chris Ellery sparked a massive land, sea and air search when he failed to return home after a trip to Pembrokeshire.

The Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center watchstanders heard a mayday call on VHF-FM channel 16 at ... “Carrying a handheld marine radio allows you to notify first responders if you ...

Darwin was the starting point for a bizarre new challenge by a group of mates to jet ski from the Australian mainland to Bali ...

The Coast Guard released the mayday call from the VHF-FM channel 16 where the man ... Coast Guard officials recommend that all boaters carry a handheld marine radio to alert first responders ...

“We’ve got transponders, satellite phones, VHF radios both handheld and wired in and epirbs. “There’s always a risk but we chose this early part of November just before the Wet Season hits ...