This message came up on another list, and I thought it would be of interest here too. We've had plenty of discussion about correct VHF useage. There is plenty to learn from the recordings linked below. --- adambolonsky <adambolonsky_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > In the course of researching a series on VHF radio > use I came across > the US Coast Guardbs downloadable audio files of > VHF mayday and > pan-pan calls. > > The clips have a lot to teach, I think. > > I put the clips into iMovie/QuickTime and created > transcripts of each > call using subtitles (a lot of work!) > > I then embedded the audio clips in my blog. > > One of the calls is truly frightening. Another was > used as evidence > in a felony indictment (false distress call) that > lead to jailtime. > > Itbs key with VHF to give your location as > precisely as possible. > > Youbll probably notice also how plodding emergency > VHF communications > can be: missteps, garbles, interruptions. > > mayday 1 (later a fatality) > http://paddlingtravelers.blogspot.com/2007/05/panic-mayday-vhf-ch-16east-coast-us.html > > > mayday 2 (led to felony indictment) > http://paddlingtravelers.blogspot.com/2007/05/mayday-call-fishing-vessel-determined.html > > > mayday 3 (grounded fishing vessel) > http://paddlingtravelers.blogspot.com/2007/04/location-location-location.html > > > mayday 4 (sinking fishing vessel) > http://paddlingtravelers.blogspot.com/2007/04/audio-clip-vhf-16-mayday-callcape-cod.html > > > pan-pan w/ channel 22a switch (canoeists) > http://paddlingtravelers.blogspot.com/2007/05/vhf-channel-16-pan-pan-to-channel-22a.html > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please limit all email attachments sent to this address to a maximum of 0.5MB. All email attachments that are larger then 0.5MB will automatically be deleted. --------------------------------------------------------------- ICQ: 262152266, AIM: GlamourpetsD, MSN: [my email address], Yahoo Messenger: glamourpets --------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC *************************************************************************** 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 Wed May 16 2007 - 15:49:18 PDT
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