wf3h wrote:
Try MMSN (14300 KHZ) Net control operators gladly provide high
seas forecasts.
this is true. we also provide any other info as needed, as well as
phone patches, etc....
That we do, and though we're frequency agile we can't move
to 40 meters with you while running the net if propagation
doesn't work on 20.

For an example take the leisure cruiser without all the
satellite internet gizmotrons aboard, he's left the
MIssissippi gulf coast heading for MExico. CHances are good
unless it's our man in Maine or the fellow in western Ny. or
the fellow in Toronto he's not going to hear the net control
with the weather for a good few days the way the
propagations has been lately.
If I"ve got it handy and a cruiser needs it I"ll call one or
two others without internet access and ask them to put me on
their phone patch so I can get him the wx info though.
sTill that doesn't compete with a few kw on 4 6 and 8 mhz
where they might be herd directly. After all, my contact
with the willingness to put me on his patch might not be
home. then what do we do for this guy?

Btw if you're a ham and you find your sat phone isn't
working and you're in international waters or anyplace that
it's legal I'll be glad to provide phone patch, anywhere
within Continental U.s.
I'm not a powerhouse, but the audio's clean and listenable
on both ends of the connection.
One morning last winter I ended up calling TOw USA for some
boaters with anchor winch troubles and putting them together
on the patch. THe poor dispatcher at TOw usa kept
forgetting to say "over" but finally he caught on when we
were almost finished.


73 de nf5b



Richard Webb, amateur radio station nf5b
Active on the Maritime MObile SErvice net, 14.300 mhz
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