Forwarded message: > 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. > > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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