VHF DSC

[ex-Gladys]

Re: piers

We've had DSC since 2003 as that was all that could be bought. It's a NASA SX35 not an Icom and works very well. In 5 years I recall ONE DSC call which was a Nav warning from Thames coastguard of a telegraph pole floating in the Blackwater.

 

[Piers]

Re: piers

The false alerts are not false alerts. As you say, they are 'all station alerts' for weather etc which coincide with the voice alerts on Ch 16.

 

[testmonkey]

Re: Just be careful

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<<Think of mobile phones for anything else than distress calling. >>
All ships on my Nokia?

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not so far off for the Baltic... The "sailors annual book" book (in local languages for Sweden, Finland etc.) actually lists many yachts with their mobile phone number. You see a boat, it's sail number or name&home port, and you can look up the mobile phone number from that book. Granted not all are listed, but many are.