Marine VHF versus aircraft RT

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pugwash4x4 said:

The quality of R/T on a plane is critical to its safety and used constantly- hence you spend a LOT of money on hardware to make sure you can cancel extraneous noises and clearly hear what is being said

ON a boat, most comms will be emergency only, and R/T sets will be emergency backup stuff with no headphones, just an open mic. IT can be very very hard to hear what is being said with this sort of kit, but spending more to get better kit isn't justified most of the time. The exception is of course mil and large commercial when it can be of very high quality.

VHF comms on a ship are a routine every day occurance, whereas MF and HF R/T will generally be emergency only these days. However, with GMDSS gear you will generally be reaching for the Satcom and DSC for instant notification to third parties of a major problem, rather than rambling on MF/HF.