While living aboard, at a mooring in San Diego CA, early '90s, I overheard
the US Navy parking lot security patrols using the VHF walkie talkies every
nite for a couple days. Fortunately a senior navy officer on his pleasure
boat heard them and all the other boater complaints and put a stop to it..

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

"Larry" wrote in message
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"Steve" wrote in news:KcadnZ-o2s1hi5TeRVn-
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I was concerned about general abuse of the Marine VHF also.


You'd have had a heart attack on Channel 10 in Greenville, SC, a long way
from the sea. A friend of mine, who was a ham, ran a pest control
business
on Channel 10 for years...(c; Not much traffic in the mountains....(c;

This kilocycle kop krap gets too far, however. Lots of boaters I know are
afraid to use the radios for fear of making some kind of foopah mistake.
What nonsense. Some idiot screamed at me on Ch 68 one day for talking
about a raft up we were headed to with friends. I gave him Lionheart's
callsign and asked him for his. Of course, he had none...(c;

--
Larry