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- From: Dan.Hannah@f764.n153.z1.ship.wimsey.bc.ca (Dan Hannah)
- Sender: UUCP@ship.wimsey.bc.ca
- Path: sparky!uunet!van-bc!ship!UUCP
- Newsgroups: rec.boats
- Subject: Coast Guard Boating Tax,
- Message-ID: <725208595.AA00036@ship.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:08:00 -0800
- Lines: 32
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- On 12-18-92 DAVID COGEN wrote to ALL...
-
- (Writing about things the Coast Guard doesn't do)
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- DC> 2) Ignore requests for radio checks.
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- I just noticed in Chapman's Manual in the section about VHF Radio use that it
- is ILLEGAL to call for a radio check on channel 16. You can use any other
- channel for a radio check. This is FCC regulation. I wouldn't have known
- this
- if I hadn't read it in the book.
-
- It is also illegal to make a VHF call to "any boat in the vicinity" or like
- phrases. When you call, you must call a specific boat. So, how do you get a
- radio check? They suggest you listen in to a conversation on a channel other
- than 16, catch the name and call letters of a boat, wait until the
- conversation
- is over, and then ask that specific boat for a radio check. Seems
- cumbersome,
- but remember, we're dealing with the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT here! They don't
- like
- to keep anything simple. But I do agree that channel 16, anhd the Coast
- Guard
- folks are probably innappropriate for radio checks.
-
- Dan
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- ... OFFLINE 1.42 * Pardon my driving; I'm trying to reload.
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