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should I get SSB
On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:32:57 -0600, CaveLamb
wrote: Mark Borgerson wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:05:36 -0800, Gordon wrote: On 2/2/2011 7:09 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:53:57 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch wrote: All I have now is VHF but will be slowly cruising southward in my 28' S2 sailboat from Marsh harbor. Next stop is Spanish Wells. So, do I really NEED SSB to get weather forecasts? You can get weather on a sat phone if you know how. For your level of cruising I think you are OK with an EPIRB and a sat phone. You could get an SSB receiver for fax reception on your laptop. Don't know the area but sounds like he'll be in VHF range most times. Whats wrong with VHF weather? There is no VHF weather in the Bahamas unless you are close to Miami or can access one of the cruiser nets. VHF weather is a US thing. Not sure about VHF weather fax, but VHF audio forecasts are available in Canada and Mexico, not just the US. Mark Borgerson Does that include the NOAA weather channels??? Canada does use the three NOAA weather channels, but we also have a few of our own - 21B, 23B, 25B and 28B, depending on area. -- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca |
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should I get SSB
Peter Bennett wrote:
On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:32:57 -0600, CaveLamb wrote: Mark Borgerson wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:05:36 -0800, Gordon wrote: On 2/2/2011 7:09 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:53:57 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch wrote: All I have now is VHF but will be slowly cruising southward in my 28' S2 sailboat from Marsh harbor. Next stop is Spanish Wells. So, do I really NEED SSB to get weather forecasts? You can get weather on a sat phone if you know how. For your level of cruising I think you are OK with an EPIRB and a sat phone. You could get an SSB receiver for fax reception on your laptop. Don't know the area but sounds like he'll be in VHF range most times. Whats wrong with VHF weather? There is no VHF weather in the Bahamas unless you are close to Miami or can access one of the cruiser nets. VHF weather is a US thing. Not sure about VHF weather fax, but VHF audio forecasts are available in Canada and Mexico, not just the US. Mark Borgerson Does that include the NOAA weather channels??? Canada does use the three NOAA weather channels, but we also have a few of our own - 21B, 23B, 25B and 28B, depending on area. I was just curious about the US not having VHF weather info because my hand-held VHF has 10 NOAA weather channels... -- Richard Lamb email me: web site: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb |
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