Re: [Paddlewise] [buzz] Marine Operator (fwd)

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> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:05:29 -0500
> From: Mike Higgins <higgins_at_monitor.net>
> To: Julio MacWilliams <juliom_at_cisco.com>
> Subject: Re: [buzz] Marine Operator
> 
> Julio MacWilliams wrote:
> 
> > If you have a VHF radio, tune to channel 28, and transmit:
> > operator-operator-operator ...
> 
> I have used my marine radio to make calls and it works fine.Having someone call
> you requires that you leave the radio on
> all the time listening on channel 16.
>     Channel 28 is ONE of the marine operator stations up and down
> the coast, and I thought that one was for Fort Bragg.
> San Francisco has three, channels 26, 84, and 87.
> Bodega Bay is channel 25.  It is instructive to leave your
> radio on one of these channels while paddling and listen to
> other people using them.  If you have a scanner on your marine
> radio, have it scan all of these.  The marine frequencies are not
> heavily used and you may only hear a few calls a day, most of
> them in the evening near dark as fishermen and sailors call in to
> report how late they will be getting home.
> 
> 
> 

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