On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 02:50:49 GMT, "Dee D. Flint"
wrote:


"Never anonymous Bud" wrote in message
.. .
Having skipped an E.L.F. meeting to be here, (Mark Keith)
scribbled:

Point is, CW is not used for marine emergencies anymore.

Says who? I or the victim in distress can use any mode we/they choose.
Thank you very much.

Well, knowing that the U.S. Coast Guard, and many other equivalent
services
in other countries DO NOT monitor CW any more, AND CW being slower and
more cumbersome than voice, you'd have to be pretty damned stupid to USE
CW in an emergency situation!


What are you going to use when HF propagation is too weak to support
voice???

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE
If you are smart, you have a 406 Mhz EPIRB. One that is GPS equipped
will transmit you ID and location, and if GPS equipped, the signal is
relayed via Sat in Geo synch orbit. Alarms identifying the ID and
location withing a few meter go off in literally minutes. Beats the
hell out of CW.

If it isn't GPS equipped, it can take up to 90 minutes to get a
descent fix on the location (derived from doppler shift data from
orbiting sats).