*WTF???? again...what is the purposed of this?? Or do you think we are all mmm well.. for lack of a better word, uneducated morons who have never been on a boat before.. * *Then agian you just could be smoking a new and improved brand of crack tonight.* *and wasting my bandwidth. *
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Ron Rogers <[email protected]> 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* > > * * > > *From:* *Of *[email protected] > > [email protected] writes: > > Pleasure boats which have their radios on must monitor 16. No problem > keeping them off if you wish to risk your safety and that of others. > > Um Hmmm, I think if you go read the actual CG rules you will find you > should be monitoring both 16 and (. > > Carl Hibbard > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social faux pas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the Yorkshire terrier next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards, however, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk briefly and place it in a warm oven for 40 minutes. Let it stand for 2 hours before icing.
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