In article _hxag.44121$iF3.4901@dukeread01, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:

The way I see it there are two kinds of long distance sailors that don't
need SSB. If you don't care to talk to anyone for a month or more

That's me.....

and
nobody cares where you are or if you are alive you don't need SSB.

but not my family & friends.

At the
other end if you are the type that has to stay connected all the time you
don't need SSB because you have a satellite phone. :-)

I liked it a lot better when I used to say that I was off to sea for a
month, don't expect to hear from me until I hit port. These days if
people don't get an email back in 24 hours, they start worrying. Far as
I'm concerned, one day is the same as the next when I'm gonna be gone
for 8-10 weeks, so who cares.

When I stop doing this for a living, I am NOT having either SSB or sat
phone aboard.

PDW