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On water in the Bahamas
"Bob" wrote in message
... Almost all of the pleasure boats that I know who engage in offshore/international cruising have a marine SSB radio aboard, and they are not necessarily ham radio operators although some are. Many also have a sat phone of some sort and an EPIRB. We don't have a sat phone but do have the SSB and EPIRB. If we were crossing oceans I'd probably get the sat phone also, for redundancy if nothing else. I comend your active mariner life! I also depart philosophically from what is necessary to make ocean or NC voyages. I still believe SSB/Ham installations adds too much clutter and potential problmes to boat to warrent haveing one considering the alternative is has such a smaller "foot priint" on a boat. Yes, many "curisers" ahve SSB/Ham. But why? Tradition? The RDF is gone I think inpart simply because no body could talk on it. LORAN is gone, i think becuase no body can talk on it. BOth have been replaced by the GPS and EPIRB, respectivly. THe only reason ssb on boats is stil here is becuase there is a group of sprots/amature enthusisast who enjoy jaw jacking and then tell everyone who owns a boat they have to have one to be safe. Its like a cult similar to Amway or Scientology. Its a club gone birkshire..... I sail with: Barometer sextant GPS EPIRB VHF Iridium HAM/SSB reciever only. I get ot hear you guys yack, glean info and then turn you off! I also get weather fax that goes to laptop. the receive only radio has nothing but antina and wower supply and it DONT take no 40 Amp circuit to run!!!!!!!! So what happens when all the satalites fall outof the sky............. sextant, DR, barometer, weather fax. Getter on Bra ! There is no purpose for a ssb'ham, or as my swedish step dad who commercial fished all his life called it, the AM set On a boat a SSB has no purpose except intertainment. Bob Rexroth (disabled) Dell tech support Ogden UT =======================[REPLY]====================== Right on, brother! Skippy has cluttered up his cruising experience with all manner of unnecessary and burdensome crap. It indicates to me that he is still loathe to cut the lubber umbilical that still binds him tightly to shore side hassles. Wilbur Hubbard |
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