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What sort of announcements do the Coast Guard announce on the Marine Radio?

What does the Coast Guard announce on the Marine Radio band apart from emergencies?

Please let me know, thank you.

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by Admin - August 11, 2009 at 00:49

Categories: marine radio   Tags: coast guard, emergencies, marine radio, weather warnings

Listening to Marine Band radio

I have a marine band radio, and I like to listen in to boats and ships at sea.

I have discovered that I can hear Coast Guard stations well enough, but when a vessel responds to the shore station either I cannot hear it at all, or else the remote signal is too weak or garbled for me to understand.

I have been wondering if the Coastguard were scrambling their signals or something.

Any web sites with any info on marine band listening would be helpful.

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Admin - July 16, 2009 at 15:32

Categories: Scanning and Monitoring   Tags: coast guard, hobby radio, marine band listening, marine radio, recreation radio, ships and boats, ssb radio, utility listening