On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote: > Bob Myers wrote: > > Bob, I usually ignore the polemics inflamed by this sort of rhetoric, but > this one has gone on long enough. What is wrong or broken with what we have > now? You have not dealt with that. As to "too cheap," anybody who has > invested in a VHF and the various other rescue gear items a conscientious > paddler needs might well balk at a new device which does not add significant > functionality for those of us who paddle _within_hailing_distance_ of a USCG > or CCG VHF receiving antenna. And I don't have a problem with that. Sounds like you have the situation covered, and I'm absolutely certain that the advent of SPOT and PLBs is not going to mean that the Coast Guard is not going to respond to VHF calls. :-) That part of the system works fine and will continue to do so. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jul 22 2008 - 16:28:33 PDT
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