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re: Missing Boaters - Port Canaveral, FL
Posted on 8/22/19 at 12:39 pm to Hammertime
Posted on 8/22/19 at 12:39 pm to Hammertime
Yea but its potentially very dangerous depending on the conditions and I kinda get the argument for needing an eprib and dsc radio.
I don't think there needs to be a law on it, just more awareness that those things exist. I had no idea there was such a thing as EPRIB/PLBs until last year. Didnt know DSC radios were a thing until two years ago. I thought a regular VHF and a functioning GPS to relay your position to anybody who was listening was the best you could do without paying for a sat phone.
The safety equipment that's available is incredible these days. None of it will fly you out of there but along with picking your days it gives you a much better chance.
Sounds like these guys just picked a bad day.
I don't think there needs to be a law on it, just more awareness that those things exist. I had no idea there was such a thing as EPRIB/PLBs until last year. Didnt know DSC radios were a thing until two years ago. I thought a regular VHF and a functioning GPS to relay your position to anybody who was listening was the best you could do without paying for a sat phone.
The safety equipment that's available is incredible these days. None of it will fly you out of there but along with picking your days it gives you a much better chance.
Sounds like these guys just picked a bad day.
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Posted on 8/22/19 at 1:11 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Supposedly all radios come with DSC now, and almost no one registers them. Mine has an external GPS as well. All you have to do is press a button, and your info gets out.
I don't ever plan on going offshore, but will probably get a PLB soon, and maybe some Type 1's for when I'm going to be crossing Lake P. Long-term, an extra couple hundred bucks isn't gonna make your kids go hungry. You being dead will
I don't ever plan on going offshore, but will probably get a PLB soon, and maybe some Type 1's for when I'm going to be crossing Lake P. Long-term, an extra couple hundred bucks isn't gonna make your kids go hungry. You being dead will
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