Changing VHF antenna location...?

External Since: Feb 02, 2005 Posts: 1888

On Thu, 25 May 2006 18:42:09 -0400, Larry wrote:

>Marina operators are teenage
>kids from the local college working the docks, here. They need WALKIE
>TALKIES in the 100 milliwatt range,

And that is exactly what most dockmasters use.

The marina office on the other hand, needs increased range to
communicate with boats looking for dock space. They need to minimize
their time on channel 16 and most do a good job of that in my
experience.

External Since: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 1367

Wayne.B wrote in

> boats looking for dock space

Boats looking for dock space need to use the TELEPHONE in their pockets.
Channel 16...or 68 or 69 isn't their private sales channel. Their phone
numbers are located in the various cruise guides. Talk to them as long as
you like.

I caught a boat dealer at an in-the-water boatshow on Channel 72 using
marine walkies for their business. FCC agreed they didn't need to use
marine radio to sell boats, and told them so in the NAL FCC sent them...(c;

I wouldn't have called FCC had the bastard not pissed at me for asking why
he wasn't using his cellphones or even Family Radio Service walkies at the
show. Talking him off marine radio wasn't possible with such arrogance in
the way. FCC seems to have changed his mind.