G'Day, Over here in Australia, the government has just started shutting down its VHF repeater stations. Seems as though shortwave radio and digital selective calling, are becoming standard for larger boats, but VHF or mobile phones are the only practical survival communications for kayakers. (Or is there an alternative?) The point is that although I would object to paying a tax specifically for kayakers I would be happy to pay some kind of levy to maintain useful support services, either privately or publicly. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 20 2003 - 13:24:36 PDT
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