[BC] Emergency Traffic

[Chuck Lakaytis]

Because there are at least customary rules in the Marine Band.  If you
misuse the band in Alaska you are likely to get wacked on the head with a
beer bottle by some local commercial fisherman.

And channel 16 is the usual calling frequency to establish communications
and as an initial distress frequency.

Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
Anchorage, Alaska
907 277 6300
907 301 4339 (cell)


-----Original Message-----
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Craig Bowman

I have not been on channel 19 in more than twenty years but the traffic
I hear on marine CH 16 is not nearly as bad as 19 used to be.  Most of
the traffic on 16 is boats calling boats then moving to a different
channel to BS.  People seem to have a little more respect for the marine
radio.

Craig Bowman


Paul Smith W4KNX wrote:
 > I've heard that before.  I had crossed that bridge about 1/2 hour before
 > that happened.  Real tragedy.  Then of course some idiot wanting a radio
 > check.  In this area, CH 16 marine is just like CH 19 CB.
 >