"Armond Perretta" wrote in
:

Further, when was the last time the USCG ignored a distress call, even
when it might be bogus?



http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/1999/M99_2_16.pdf

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m..._5/ai_61555336

http://www.apg.army.mil/SIBO/wgtkwya.htm#NTSB



http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/fe...rd/index1.aspx
When reading this article blaming a lack of money for the lack of response
by Adm Loy, please be informed that USCG Charleston spent vast sums of
money on a new front gate to pretty up the base for the brass and other
spit and polish projects to make itself feel great....instead of taking
less than 1% of that budget and diverting it into a REMOTE VHF monitoring
station with Microwave link back to the comm center and a REMOTELY
CONTROLLED VHF RADIO DIRECTION FINDER, which, if located in the USCG
controlled Charleston Lighthouse on Sullivan's Island would have been
OVERWHELMED by the signal from the Morning Dew or any VHF walkie talkie,
because it would have been only 1.2 miles away....not on the other end of
the harbor with LESS VHF antenna than 90% of Charleston's Marinas use.

The Comm system trashed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 was never replaced....

The front gate is much more important than the MISSION.