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"Different radio channel"? The emergency channel is pretty standard in all mariner activities. They just didnt want to help.
by ProAm 2mo ago
"Different radio channel"? The emergency channel is pretty standard in all mariner activities. They just didnt want to help.
- ButlerianJihad 2mo ago> Different radio channel Are sailors as busy meowing at one another as those pilots on guard frequency 121.5?
- Petersipoi 2mo ago[flagged]
- burnt-resistor 2mo agoYep. Constantly monitoring VHF 16 and 70 (when DSC enabled) is pretty much required.
- jjav 2mo agoYes this is true. "In general, any vessel equipped with a VHF marine radiotelephone (whether voluntarily or required to) must maintain a watch on channel 16 (156.800 MHz) whenever the radiotelephone is not being used to communicate." The only exception is if in a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) area, then must be monitoring the VTS channel. (But even cheap handhelds VHFs will monitor two channels at once) https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/radio-watchkeeping-regulations https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/radio-watchkeeping-regulations Article says this was in Farragut Bay which is not a VTS area. So, yes, every boat around was required to be monitoring VHF channel 16.