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

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Posted by CP3

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Posted on 8/22/19 at 1:21 pm to Hammertime

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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.

Yeah, but that only gets out if someone is in range to recieve your vhf transmission. Which isn't really that far considering the size of the gulf/ocean. Not to mention if the nature of your emergency is loss of power, you may not even be able to power up your VHF.

There is no legitamate excuse to not have an EPIRB/PLB if your offshore.

Outside of an outlier event or extreme circumstances, an EPIRB/PLB transmission will always be recieved.

This post was edited on 8/22/19 at 1:24 pm

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Posted by Icansee4miles

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Posted on 8/24/19 at 9:24 am to Hammertime

I have redundant radios, bilge pumps, manual bilge pump, etc but I’ll have a personal EPRIB before next summer season. I was on a trip with none of those things in a buddy’s boat a couple of months ago taking on water and we might still be out there but for me waterproofing my cell phone, being close enough to use it, and having a camp neighbor we didn’t know all that well dropping everything to come tow us in.

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