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Default Fed Register: High Frequency (HF) Radio Broadcasts of MarineWeather Forecasts may soon end

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Apr 26, 4:38?pm, krj wrote:
JOSEPH D HERSEY wrote:
Yes, you are correct.
---Looks like this only affects HF radio, not VHF. Am I correct?
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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On Apr 26, 4:10?am, wrote:
Federal Register: April 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 80)]
[Notices]
[Page 20863-20865]From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr26ap07-72]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2007-27656]
High Frequency (HF) Radio Broadcasts of Marine Weather Forecasts and
Warnings
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; request for public comments.

Yes, but try getting weather on the VHF 100 miles from shore.- Hide quoted text -

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Like most coastal cruising stink potters, that wouldn't be an issue
for me.
However, for sailors and some LRC folks it would present a problem.

Try MMSN (14300 KHZ) Net control operators gladly provide high seas
forecasts.

Hank S.