[Psml] MARYLAND DRN PROMOTES UNSAFE VHF USE

[John & Judy Gill]

Harleigh,

Thanks for your comments and support.  Evidently it is not illegal in  
Maryland to ONLY monitor Channel 9 or another working channel versus  
Channel 16 -- but to the contrary RECOMMENDED and/or MANDATED!!!

John

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On Dec 6, 2007, at 5:04 PM, Harleigh Ewell wrote:

> While having a scanning-capable radio with MMSI entered into it (as  
> I do) is a good idea, it does not resolve “all these issues.”   
> Unless you know that the intended recipient of your hail also has  
> such capability, or is illegally monitoring a channel other than  
> 16, you will still have to try to reach them on channel 16.  Thus,  
> the issue about whether the policies of Md. DNR and USCG 5th  
> District are sensible.
>
>
> Harleigh Ewell
>
> Rockville Sail and Power Squadron
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On  
> Behalf Of Robertmessineo at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:33 PM
> To: hewell at comcast.net
> Cc: psml at usps.org
> Subject: Re: [Psml] MARYLAND DRN PROMOTES UNSAFE VHF USE
>
>
> We for all the USPS educated boaters, having a dual scan or tri  
> scan VHF resolves all these issues.  If someone does not have a  
> radio with these features, they also do not have access to rescue  
> 21 or an MMSI number.
>
>
> For our members AND students, it would seem quite foolish!
>
>
> There's the financial investment of the vessel and a personal  
> investment for anyone on board, two or three hundred dollars to  
> have current technology that could easily save someone's life  
> should be a no brainier.
>
>
> Boat $10,000
>
> Fuel  $ 2,000
>
> Ins.   $    500
>
>
> Letting people you care about suffer in peril because you didn't  
> want to spend money on a new radio....
>
>
> Priceless
>
>
>
>
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