Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On 22 Nov 2006 12:14:46 -0800, "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.

Hmmmm - I never knew you could access *CG via cell phone. I'll be
danged.


yeah we used to get calls at station sandy hook (NYC) all the
time...turns out *CG is close to the cingular quick number for
accessing billing info...folks couldn't understand why i couldn't help
'em with their bill...