Bruce in alaska wrote in news:fast-33E805.14314714072008
@netnews.worldnet.att.net:

Since the USCG is now the only Enforcement Agency listening on Maritime
Mobile Frequencies, these days, and they put their least experienced
trainees on the Mic, I really don't expect anything better.



In Charleston, that's not quite right, either. They put their least
experienced trainees IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE MIC, here....and the only way
you can hear what he's saying is to run the volume up full, risking to have
your speaker blown out when the other station he's talking to answers him.

I've offered to bring an IFR analyzer down to the CG base and set the gain
and deviation on the damned old FM radio they use down there but was
refused so the 800 Hz PEAK deviation continues for years. CG will never
create adjacent channel interference with their TRUE narrow band FM
transmitter.....

.....you can't understand the watch standers who mumble at all.....dammit.