On Jan 10, 9:37*pm, Tim wrote:
On Jan 10, 4:46*pm, "Wayne.B" wrote:





On Jan 10, 12:59*pm, "Paul@BYC" wrote:

Just in time for another snowstorm, probably.

There were nearly 2000 unread messages in rec.boats when I "logged in"
here. It's a new year, and I'm going to leave them unread.

So, anyone boating or fishing?

:)

Yes, on our way to the FL Keys, no fishing yet but brought 3 trolling
rods with us and a bunch of lures. *We're anchored tonight in the
wilderness area near Everglades City. *Tomorrow we'll probably end up
in the Little Shark River, well back in the 'glades with no internet,
no cell service, no marine VHF coverage, no nada. *It's a beautiful
area but not a good place to get in trouble. *Three or four years ago
we had to rescue a guy in a fair sized flats boat who was stranded out
there in the boondocks with an engine that would not start.

Wayne, can you still use short wave?- Hide quoted text -

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Yes, HF SSB radio works just about everywhere but it is not as
convenient for short range communication as marine VHF. Another
alternative is satellite telephone such as the Iridium system. For
most people a sat phone would be the smallest/easiest solution for
communication in remote areas.