Oh my, just a comment not a by the rules commentary was intended. Hell I thought this was the laid back liveaboard list.
Sorry wrong list. JohnB Ron Rogers wrote: > > *Pleasure boat use of all communications is governed by FCC rules, not > the USCG. The USCG will attempt to enforce FCC rules – especially on > channel 16, 13, 22A, and 83A. Usually, the USCG is busy telling people > who do not know the rules to “take their idle chatter to a working > channel.”* > > * * > > *In all things, knowing the rules is helpful. On the Chesapeake Bay, > medical emergencies have often been responded to by doctors on > pleasure boats who respond immediately because they were monitoring > 16. Meanwhile, the USCG is arranging the evacuation of the victim from > the boat to the hospital or nearest pier and ambulance.* > > * * > > *Regrettably, you have to be willing to filter-out the voices of the > unwashed calling their buddies and calling marinas for a slip > reservation on the wrong channel. If you adjust your squelch to > filter-out distant traffic, you can limit traffic to the times when > someone nearby is transmitting. However, when their signal breaks > squelch, you can hear the other jerks in the background.* > > * * > > *This is a case of doing what you are willing to do within the context > of the rules. Often, you can relay distress messages for distant > parties or for vessels with inferior VHF installations. The USCG often > asks that people with poor VHF communications to switch to their cell > phones.* > > * * > > *Ron Rogers* > > * * > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
