If they have enough money to own a yacht, they got enough money to buy
emergency communications gear like sat phones and beacon systems that
are designed exactly for this purpose. And is already licensed on freqs
for those uses.
Joe WB9SBD
*The Original Rolling Ball Clock
http://www.idle-tyme.com*
Mike Kasrich wrote:
> If this is mostly for yachters and it is really necessary maybe they
> should petition the ITU ( or what ever agency handles international freq
> assignments) for their own designated freq. Maybe 14.360 is available.
> Folks could still use their amateur equipment and a rule could be
> implemented to allow use of the freq by hams world wide for martime net
> use only.
>
> Just a thought
>
>
>
> Bill Haddon wrote:
>
>> RE MMRS Petition:
>>
>> I have a different perspective.
>>
>> For the last 17 years my family has spent Thanksgiving with members and
>> friends of two major sailing clubs in the SF Bay area (we are not sailers,
>> however). A wide variety of people have attended these gatherings, which
>> are usually 20-25 people. Without exception, members of the sailing
>> community have high regard for ham radio because of the services provided by
>> MMSN.
>>
>> It may be useful to look at the compilation of reported incidents at:
>>
>> http://www.mmsn.org/recent_events.htm
>>
>> MMRN is asking for about 5 or 6 KHz, a very small percentage of the 20m
>> phone band. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me particularly after reading
>> the list of incidents that the group has dealt with. These stories are
>> similar to those I've heard from attendees at our Thanksgiving group.
>>
>> 73 Bill n6zfo
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