Brunei Bay Radio

BRUNEI BAY RADIO provides low-cost HF/SSB radio voice and email services for cruising and racing yachts throughout the service area. The HF/SSB radio used for general and safety communication is also used for email. Passage logging and position reporting services are available for organised events, such as yacht races and regattas, sports fishing competitions and remote dive or land based expeditions. Conservation and environmental management organisations use our HF/SSB email service - BBRemail - to organise their operations and transfer research data. Distance learning for adults and children on yachts, in remote communities or aboard commercial vessels is supported by our BBRemail service. Community based eco-tourism for remote communities - on islands and inland forests - is part of our focus to create income streams to help preserve the cultural and natural heritage of the region. BRUNEI BAY RADIO operates the regional gateway for the worldwide, not-for-profit, SailMail network. This provides low-cost HF/SSB radio email for cruising yachts and motor yachts. BRUNEI BAY RADIO's marine HF/SSB radio voice services include a regular broadcast schedule of Maritime Safety Information (MSI) warnings and local marine weather forecasts for SE Asia. Also position reporting (including YOTREPS) and message passing for members. Mar ine users need only an official HF/SSB maritime radio license and call-sign. This is assigned by the radio communications authority in the vessel's country of registration. Most countries require at least one person (eg: owner/skipper) to hold a Limited Radio Operator's certificate before issuing the vessel radio licence and call-sign. The Limited Radio Operator's certificate normally involves studying a small handbook containing basic radio operating techniques, and detailed information on maritime safety related communications. Land based users require a HF/SSB radio licence issued by the communications authority in their country where the equipment is operated. An Amateur Radio Operators licence/call-sign is not required to use BRUNEI BAY RADIO services.