S.O.S. is an emergency communication signal that is recognised worldwide as an urgent appeal for help! It is believed that when first used this distress signal was sent by sailors on ships out at sea in danger of sinking and was a clear abbreviation of Save Our Ship. Also understood to mean Save Our Souls, the S.O.S call sign effectively means “Help Me NOW”! Learning all about Radio distress signals or the phonetic alphabet, which is the most widely used set of clear-code words for communicating the letters of the Latin/Roman alphabet via radio or telecommunication, is something that could well be covered in one of several, professional, Marine Radio Courses, delivered by an experienced, reputable, Instructor such as //www.solentboattraining.co.uk/rya-shorebased-courses/rya-vhf-src-radio. Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whisky, Xray, Yankee and Zulu, you will no doubt have heard most of these words used when listening to emergency call handlers. Learning how to operate a ship-board radio transmitter safely, this course covers all the basic training required by law and can be conducted from a specifically designed classroom or taken on-line. Learning to communicate correctly, effectively and with confidence, ensuring the safety of yourself, your crew and others around you when out on the open sea. By maximising hands on radio contact time and limiting each training course to a maximum of eight students, each candidate is allocated their own radio to practice on.