I thought this quote from Jecaro was out of line. How does he know who fishes the canyon and who doesnt?
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ask anyone who frequents the canyon on a regular basis what they use.
DON'T RELY ON INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T CANYON FISH !
When we were deciding whether or not to replace an old single side band unit we asked around for about a year. We found that about only one in every ten boats in the canyon had a ssb. Just like JJV48 says the CG does not always answer the ssb right away anyway and local calls for distress to other ships in the canyon would be better heard with a vhf.
OUR DRY BOX FOR THE LIFERAFT IS LOADED WITH BOTH THE SATELLITE PHONE AND A HANDHELD VHF!!!!. Saved hundreds if not a thousand dollars that way and it is really much safer. Want to chat all weekend with your buddies then the ssb is just an expensive way to do it. Ask the CG how many distress calls they take each year on SSB and you'll see that nobody out there uses it frequent enough as a piece of safety equipment to make it worth all does dollars.
HANDHELD VHF + SATTELITE PHONE + LIFE RAFT = THE SAFEST WAY TO GO.
And by the way, I CANYON FISH
quote:
ask anyone who frequents the canyon on a regular basis what they use.
DON'T RELY ON INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T CANYON FISH !
When we were deciding whether or not to replace an old single side band unit we asked around for about a year. We found that about only one in every ten boats in the canyon had a ssb. Just like JJV48 says the CG does not always answer the ssb right away anyway and local calls for distress to other ships in the canyon would be better heard with a vhf.
OUR DRY BOX FOR THE LIFERAFT IS LOADED WITH BOTH THE SATELLITE PHONE AND A HANDHELD VHF!!!!. Saved hundreds if not a thousand dollars that way and it is really much safer. Want to chat all weekend with your buddies then the ssb is just an expensive way to do it. Ask the CG how many distress calls they take each year on SSB and you'll see that nobody out there uses it frequent enough as a piece of safety equipment to make it worth all does dollars.
HANDHELD VHF + SATTELITE PHONE + LIFE RAFT = THE SAFEST WAY TO GO.
And by the way, I CANYON FISH
