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"Roger Long" wrote:

I just made a quick stop at West Marine during my son's guitar lesson
and it appears I was led astray the first time I looked at the new
radios. None of them (according to the story this time) show the Lat
Long on their display so a GPS receiver without a display wouldn't be
a back up except for the distress signal.

The salesman also told me that the USCG is not currently receiving
position information on the channel 70 calls, at least in the
Northeast. Does anyone know the status of the Coast Guard system? I
don't see much point in buying one of these until they are with the
program.

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Roger Long


The USCG is way behind the rest of the world in DSC Technology, and
the US deployment of a full Shoreside DSC is years behind scheduale
due to Congress's lack of funding, for IMO Treaty Compliance. USCG
has a few "Test sites" on the East Coast and Gulf Coast, but total
deplyment is still years away, especially up here in District 17.
(Alaska)


Bruce in alaska
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