wf3h wrote:
2 points of information for boaters and pilots

1. The use of *CG as an emergency access to the Coast Guard is being
discontinued. Cell phone users needing CG assistance should dial 911.


While it's always best to have a number of ways to communicate with an
emergency service, discontinuing *CG from cell phones may actually make
a lot of people safer on the water. We'll never know how many people
who really should have purchased a VHF for their boat didn't do so
because *CG seems to imply that the Coast Guard recommends cell phones
as a primary means for emergency communication.