Subject: Cell phones to drop alert calls to Coast Guard Date sent: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 08:06:19 -0500 <http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/index.html> The Press of Atlantic City On The Web Cell phones to drop alert calls to Coast Guard >From Press staff reports (Published: November 9, 2006) ....... "the Coast Guard is asking all cell phone providers nationwide, including those in New Jersey, to remove the specialized keying sequence "*CG", which is normally used to alert maritime emergency assistance,"............. -------------------- and a few days back, they dropped one of the EPIRB frequencies due to its generally poor signal range and precision. EPIRBS using that signal will no longer be allowed on the market. Subject: 121 EPIRB Article - On Scene Fall 2006.pdf > This is a good reminder that SARSAT is going to discontinue > monitoring the 121.5 freq. 1 Feb. 2009. Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
skimmer wrote: > Cell phones to drop alert calls to Coast Guard For those that didn't read the text of the article at the link provided, this is for every state _except_ Alaska. *CG will apparently still work in Alaska. Thanks for the info, Chuck! Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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