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"halibutslayer" wrote in message ... halibutslayer wrote: halibutslayer wrote: wrote: I would start out by getting a rig setup that's capable of doing packet and then adding a pactor or similar into the mix later. Packet is 2M only, correct? If yes that's very line of sight on a boat. Yes? Would pactor be a better choice for sail boat in middle of sea? If you are going to be sailing offshore, go take the easy 24 question test to get your Marine Radiotelephone Operators License. Then get a SSB that has the ham bands on it also. This way you can call the Coast Guard if you need to. Come to think of it I'm not sure if you even need a MROL if your vessel is volunteerly equipped (not carrying more than 6 passengers, under 300 tons, not a tug over 26ft. etc.) Your boat still has to have proper station license. That's correct. ICOM advertises some of theirs as "ham band and e-mail capable" ICOM IC-M710 It will do the ham bands, but email ready is really AD-hype. It means you can press a single button to get to your favorite email frequency. HF email doesn't generally work that way. The computer tunes the radio to the frequency you choose based upon propogation. I'm not a ham but some people that post here are they might have some suggestions. I ve spent quite a bit of time at sea on tugs and wouldn,t want to be out there with out communication to the coast guard etc. |
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