Gene Kearns wrote:
Channel 13 is not an appropriate channel in the US for hailing... it is set
aside for bridge-to-bridge navigational information and should be used at no
more than 1 watt.

There are a lot of places where Ch 13 is the harbor traffic channel. In
SC it is the hailing channel for bridges, and also some places in NC...
for example the Trent River bridge in New Bern.

The channel that people are listening on is the appropriate channel for
hailing.

DSK