On Jan 11, 6:59*am, "Wayne.B" wrote:
On Jan 10, 9:37*pm, Tim wrote:



On Jan 10, 4:46*pm, "Wayne.B" wrote:

On Jan 10, 12:59*pm, "Paul@BYC" wrote:

Just in time for another snowstorm, probably.

There were nearly 2000 unread messages in rec.boats when I "logged in"
here. It's a new year, and I'm going to leave them unread.

So, anyone boating or fishing?

:)

Yes, on our way to the FL Keys, no fishing yet but brought 3 trolling
rods with us and a bunch of lures. *We're anchored tonight in the
wilderness area near Everglades City. *Tomorrow we'll probably end up
in the Little Shark River, well back in the 'glades with no internet,
no cell service, no marine VHF coverage, no nada. *It's a beautiful
area but not a good place to get in trouble. *Three or four years ago
we had to rescue a guy in a fair sized flats boat who was stranded out
there in the boondocks with an engine that would not start.

Wayne, can you still use short wave?- Hide quoted text -

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Yes, HF SSB radio works just about everywhere but it is not as
convenient for short range communication as marine VHF. *Another
alternative is satellite telephone such as the Iridium system. * For
most people a sat phone would be the smallest/easiest solution for
communication in remote areas.

Well, in the everglades, maybe you need a CB.