On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:31:53 -0700, "JAD"
wrote:

ANYONE know for sure if the DSC radios "keep watch" on 70 as a matter of
design....perhaps once you have enabled the system with your MMSI?

Depends on which DSC class. A-B is for commercial ships, C is a joke,
D is the minimum allowed in most places, and ALWAYS has a separate
ch70 receiver.

E is for lifeboats (mainly handhelds)

Many cheaper radios are only class F, which is not even allowed in
Europe, and should never have been on the market in the first place.

more good info at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/gmdss/dsc.htm


/Marcus

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