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HelmChatter

$749CAD / unit

Every word on the water, captured in text.

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VHF Band156-174 MHz
Battery Life8 Hours
ConnectivityUSB-C / WiFi / BT
Form Factor150 x 150 x 50 mm
01 — About

HelmChatter

HelmChatter is a VHF listening and transcribing device designed to support vessel captains. Monitoring channel 16 by default, it automatically detects Mayday and Pan-Pan distress calls and alerts for your vessel name — transcribing all communications to text so you can review past traffic, identify distress positions, and stay informed without being glued to the radio.

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02 — Features
03 — Live transcript

Everything said on the water, in text.

HelmChatter monitors channel 16 continuously, transcribing every Mayday, Pan-Pan, and vessel call to a searchable log — delivered to your device in real time.

CH16 — Live transcriptMonitoring
08:14:02VA7TRFComox Traffic, Persistence departing Comox Marina, northbound, radio check.
08:14:18VE7CMXPersistence, reading you five by five. Safe voyage.
08:22:41MAYDAYMayday mayday mayday. Blue Horizon taking on water, 49°32'N 124°51'W. Three persons aboard.
08:23:02MCTS VANBlue Horizon, Victoria MCTS. Received. SAR dispatched. Confirm souls aboard.
08:31:07VA7KNGKingfisher to Nanaimo Harbour Authority, requesting D dock, eta 30 minutes.
08:32:55VE7NSHNanaimo Harbour, weather update Malaspina Strait please.
08:33:18VE7NSHNW 15, seas 1.5m, good vis. Small craft advisory north of Texada Island.
08:47:22VA7TRFAll vessels — Persistence off Mitlenatch, northbound 8 knots.
09:02:11VE7BCFCormorant to Powell River Harbour, ETA 45 minutes, request fuel dock.
09:14:33PAN-PANPan-pan pan-pan pan-pan. Vessel Salish Spirit, engine failure, drifting, position 49°18'N 123°42'W.
09:15:01MCTS VANSalish Spirit, Victoria MCTS, received pan-pan. Do you require immediate assistance?
09:22:44VA7TRFPersistence calling Cormorant, do you copy on 16?
08:14:02VA7TRFComox Traffic, Persistence departing Comox Marina, northbound, radio check.
08:14:18VE7CMXPersistence, reading you five by five. Safe voyage.
08:22:41MAYDAYMayday mayday mayday. Blue Horizon taking on water, 49°32'N 124°51'W. Three persons aboard.
08:23:02MCTS VANBlue Horizon, Victoria MCTS. Received. SAR dispatched. Confirm souls aboard.
08:31:07VA7KNGKingfisher to Nanaimo Harbour Authority, requesting D dock, eta 30 minutes.
08:32:55VE7NSHNanaimo Harbour, weather update Malaspina Strait please.
08:33:18VE7NSHNW 15, seas 1.5m, good vis. Small craft advisory north of Texada Island.
08:47:22VA7TRFAll vessels — Persistence off Mitlenatch, northbound 8 knots.
09:02:11VE7BCFCormorant to Powell River Harbour, ETA 45 minutes, request fuel dock.
09:14:33PAN-PANPan-pan pan-pan pan-pan. Vessel Salish Spirit, engine failure, drifting, position 49°18'N 123°42'W.
09:15:01MCTS VANSalish Spirit, Victoria MCTS, received pan-pan. Do you require immediate assistance?
09:22:44VA7TRFPersistence calling Cormorant, do you copy on 16?
156.800 MHz — Scanning all channels
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