Just bought a standard horizon radio and my marina says contact on vhf 37m the radio has M1 & M2 built in for marinas which one should I use,course on vhf in the pipeline but want to go boating now any help appreciated Thanks
it is Julies husband asking by the way!

contact the marina in question by phone to get there vhf channel , not every marina has the same channel.

firstly the guy saying there is no 37 is completly wrong.

37 is split into 2 seperate chanells 37A and 37B these are also called M1 and M2. im guesing your mariner is on M1 but phone them to find out.

as for contacting them the procedure for calling any station is saying their name 3 times then "this is" an your boats name 3 times. for example:

"Mayflower Marina, Mayflower Marina, Mayflower Marina, this is Alice, Alice, Alice, over"

they will the return your call with somthing along the lines of:

"Alice, Alice, Alice,this is, Mayflower Marina, Mayflower Marina, Mayflower Marina, over"

you can then say what ever you need to say to them ending each transmisssion with over and your last transmision with out.
never say over and out.

you should realy have a radio licence you are allowed to use chanel 37 witout one but that it unless its an emergancy.

i hope this helps.

initially try vhf channel 16 then they will redirect you to a working frequency.