On Sep 24, 12:07*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
Gotta MMSN question for you.

I have a friend who is planning his life long "bucket" trip to Hawaii
and the South Seas - planning on two years. *Beautiful boat by the way
- a Voyage 580 catamaran - gorgeous.

Anyway, years ago, there used to be a net run on 14.313 that ran right
before the Interconn net came on - it used to follow the grayline with
handoffs to net controls - I think it was Germany, Interconn,
Japan/Australia then back around again.

I've been listening on .300 and .313 the past couple of days and
haven't heard these guys on the air except for MMSN.

Are these nets still in operation? *Might be a good backup for him -
he just got his General license in anticipation of the cruise.

Thanks for any info.

the intercon net is still up and active on 14.300 before the MMSN
comes on at noon EST. there was a net called the 'pacific seafarer's
net' that used to come on after the MMSN shut down at 10 PM EST on
14313 or 14325 but i haven't heard them in awhile.

but the intercon and MMSN are still very active....

good luck to your friend and have him check in if he gets a license!