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John H.[_4_]

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:43:50 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:26:32 -0400, HK wrote:

I use mine a lot when out fishing...it's a much better way than VHF
radio to reach the "captains" of other boats to hear them lie about the
fish they are catching where they are. Out on the Bay these days, cell
coverage is damned good if you are out a bit from the cliffs and woods
on the western shore.

With a 3 watt analog phone and a good marine antenna cell coverage is
better in Florida Bay than VHF. When my buddy was making that limp
home from Marathon to Pine Island (the bent prop shaft thread) he
never lost cell signal but his VHF was useless

Luckily, Baltimore has a tremendous Coast Guard station that reaches any
are of the Chesapeake Bay I've been in. I've been able to reach them also,
in the one instance I needed to.

TowBoatUS monitors the Bay pretty well also.