What sort of announcements do the Coast Guard announce on the Marine Radio?

What does the Coast Guard announce on the Marine Radio band apart from emergencies?
Please let me know, thank you.

Do I need an FCC ship station license for a Marine radio?

I want to put a Marine band two-way radio in my 20-foot runabout.
Do I need to apply to the FCC for a ship station license or anything to operate this radio?

Re-program a mobile radio for VHF Marine Band?

I own a Kenwood TK-7100 VHF mobile radio right now, and I would like to use it in my new boat.
Is it possible to have the radio channels reprogrammed so I can use it as a VHF Marine Band radio?
I don’t know if I should resell the transceiver and go buy one that is made [...]

Adding loudspeakers to a communications radio

Adding loudspeakers to a communications radio isn’t difficult

Listening to Marine Band radio

I have a marine band radio, and I like to listen in to boats and ships at sea.
I have discovered that I can hear Coast Guard stations well enough, but when a vessel responds to the shore station either I cannot hear it at all, or else the remote signal is too weak or garbled [...]

Long Range Two Way Radios

Long range two way radios use HF or high frequency radio waves which can propagate long distances of hundreds or even thousands of miles when the atmospheric conditions are right.