On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:53:18 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:23:08 -0400, Eisboch penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|
|"Tim" wrote in message
groups.com...
| On Oct 23, 10:29 am, HK wrote:
| So, I was thinking, what with all the technological advances in
| communications, why are we still stuck with VHF radios on our boats?
| The limitations of VHF radio are obvious to all of us, so there's no
| need to repeat them here. And I'm suggesting a move up to SSB or
| satellite telephones.
|
| Surely, there is a better way to handle boat to boat or boat to shore
| communciations, with features like duplex, much greater range, less
|static.
|
| Right?
|
| Well, I always thought these did a pretty good job.
|
|
|http://www.usswisconsin.org/Pictures...t%2024inc..JPG
|
|
|Ah, yet another example of digital communications.
|
|Eisboch

Cool, yeah.... and duplex, too!

Even bettererer....

http://www.fotosearch.com/bigcomp.as.../u15737827.jpg