In article ,
Wayne.B wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:24:18 -0800 (PST), Joe
wrote:

Indeed, after calling for hours on 2182 with zero responce, I got
Rooney on 14.300.

Although 2182 is still an "official" distress frequency it is largely
ineffective for several reasons. Your chances of actually reaching
USCG are much higher on 4125 or 6215 .

Both of these simplex calling/distress frequencies are monitored 24/7
by USCG and they generally have much greater range than 2182.

THE way is a DSC Distress call according to GMDSS on

2'187.5 kHz (voice on 2'182.0 kHz)
4'207.5 kHz (voice on 4'125.0 kHz)
6'312.0 kHz (voice on 6'215.0 kHz)
8'414.5 kHz (voice on 8'291.0 kHz)
12'577.0 kHz (voice on 12'290.0 kHz)
16'804.5 kHz (voice on 16'420.0 kHz)

especially on 8'414.5 kHz.

Any of these will sound an alarm on any DSC receiver within range, and
store your identity (MMSI), time and position - if you had the time to
enter it the reason for distress as well - and you will get an
acknowledgment from any receiving coast station.
A call is sent out 5 times with all the details within 35 seconds, and
wll be repeated automatically every about 4 minutes until
acknowledgement arrives.

Marc

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