Folks, for the benefit of us reading the digest version, please consider trimming quoted text to the bare minimum. Thanks! Tom, this is news to me. Maritime equipment is manufactured to extremely str
I do not know what rigs are used on the fishing boats, but I can sure give you daily logs showing both american and asian fishing boats carrying on SSB qso's on the ham bands. Mostly on 80 and 160 me
Jeff, Amateur Radio units are indeed cheaper plus the people on 14.313 have declared that this is "their" emergency calling frequency 24/7. Even one of the ARRL SE Division candidates a few years ago
Tom, this is news to me. Maritime equipment is manufactured to extremely strict type acceptance. Can you give me an example of an Icom MF/HF maritime rig that can be used or reprogrammed onto the ham
Sigh... Well at least my K3 won't be "opened up" by the factory to be an economical Marine radio. I did though chop & diode mod my old TR-7 (I bought new) to be that so I could access the WARC bands
Jeff, Amateur Radio units are indeed cheaper plus the people on 14.313 have declared that this is "their" emergency calling frequency 24/7. Even one of the ARRL SE Division candidates a few years ago
There are 2 seperate issues here which may lead to confusion. 1. the fishnet beacons are not ham gear and are water bouys. 2. The fishing boat SSB communications often use ham gear which is cheaper t
It is my belief that radios that are usuable tunable or easily reprogrammable (without a trained technician or special software) in the maritime service (and capable of tuning the Ham bands) would be
A fellow ham once was on a trip from Spain to the Caribbean on a sailing boat. For comms with me and some friends he was using a FT-900, and as a backup rig he could have used the onboard Icom marine
A fellow ham once was on a trip from Spain to the Caribbean on a sailing boat. For comms with me and some friends he was using a FT-900, and as a backup rig he could have used the onboard Icom marine
I don't think anyone has mentioned the ONE VALID use for an "open" radio and that is MARS system service. It still exists and with the advent of radios that can transmit almost anywhere without modif
I don't think anyone has mentioned the ONE VALID use for an "open" radio and that is MARS system service. It still exists and with the advent of radios that can transmit almost anywhere without modif
Tom, I was talking about ham radio, not marine radios. Someone talked about "open" radios and that is what I was speaking to. Marine radios are another subject altogether. The concern is that the mar