Practical radio simulator
Practise VHF, MF/HF, NAVTEX, satellite text, EPIRB and radar SART equipment in a safe local simulation.
Instructions are available in your language. Standard radio transmissions and audio remain in English. This local simulator transmits nothing and uses no microphone.
Procedure sources and exercise catalogue
70 exercises: 8 foundations and 62 communication scenarios, with 124 communication variants. Procedure review: 9 September 2026.
Browse exercises (70)
- Routine VHF Voice Exchange
- Individual Routine DSC Call
- MF DSC and Voice
- NAVTEX Weather MSI
- Addressed Satellite Message
- Reserve Power and GNSS Loss
- EPIRB and SART Familiarization
- Local Distress Familiarization
- Incoming VHF routine voice call
- Outgoing VHF routine voice call
- Incoming individual routine DSC
- Outgoing individual routine DSC
- Routine call addressed to another vessel
- Coast/VTS report and working-channel exchange
- Outgoing MF routine DSC and voice
- Incoming MF routine voice
- Outgoing PAN PAN
- Incoming PAN PAN
- Medical advice and shore clarification
- Cancellation of urgency situation
- Outgoing SECURITE navigation hazard
- Incoming SECURITE announcement and bulletin
- All-ships safety DSC with voice follow-up
- Own-vessel VHF distress alert and MAYDAY
- Received VHF distress: coast acknowledgement and traffic
- Received VHF distress: continuing nearby/no coast reply
- Received MF distress
- Received HF unacknowledged distress
- Relay for a vessel unable to alert
- False VHF alert cancellation and reporting
- Accidental satellite alert cancellation and reporting
- SAR/RCC follow-up assistance report
- Relevant NAVTEX navigation warning
- Weather MSI interpretation and validity
- NAVTEX wrong station and service recovery
- Incoming shore satellite message requiring reply
- Outgoing satellite position report and receipt distinction
- EGC SafetyNET or SafetyCast coverage interpretation
- Busy channel: listen then call
- Missed voice call and repeat request
- Incorrect channel readback and clarification
- Stale or lost GNSS manual position procedure
- Mains, reserve, and alternate radio
- Simultaneous routine and distress priority
- HF4 distress: coast control and assistance
- HF6 distress: coast control and assistance
- HF8 distress: coast control and assistance
- HF12 distress: coast control and assistance
- HF16 distress: coast control and assistance
- HF4 unacknowledged alert: inform RCC first
- HF6 unacknowledged alert: inform RCC first
- HF8 unacknowledged alert: inform RCC first
- HF12 unacknowledged alert: inform RCC first
- HF16 unacknowledged alert: inform RCC first
- MF false alert: cancel on the matching band
- HF4 false alert: cancel on the matching band
- HF6 false alert: cancel on the matching band
- HF8 false alert: cancel on the matching band
- HF12 false alert: cancel on the matching band
- HF16 false alert: cancel on the matching band
- VHF PAN PAN: DSC announcement and voice reception
- MF PAN PAN: DSC announcement and voice reception
- HF8 PAN PAN: DSC announcement and voice reception
- MF SECURITE: DSC announcement and voice reception
- HF4 SECURITE: DSC announcement and voice reception
- HF12 SECURITE: DSC announcement and voice reception
- Distress control: respect SEELONCE MAYDAY
- Distress control: recognize SEELONCE FEENEE
- MF continuing nearby distress: radiotelephone acknowledgement
- Own MF distress: voice message after DSC acknowledgement

