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Bob Senior · 03-15-2004, 02:40 PM

I agree with you, Sandman. But, if I got one of these msgs saying that a member is 30 miles away and into fish, I'm not going to head to where he is, not in my little 20-footer!! I'm not even sure I'd do it for 20 or 15 miles away!

So, at least for fishing applications of the DSC function of my radio, 20 miles is fine.

For distress calls, the msg goes to anyone with a DSC station authorization. That usually would include a lot of boats within the radio's ranges. And if the sender selected "all ships" as the DSC sending mode, then every boat with a DSC radio turned on, would get the distress call. In either case, boats could relay the msg to the appropriate people.

03-15-2004, 02:40 PM	#13
Bob Senior Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wakefield, RI Posts: 298	I agree with you, Sandman. But, if I got one of these msgs saying that a member is 30 miles away and into fish, I'm not going to head to where he is, not in my little 20-footer!! I'm not even sure I'd do it for 20 or 15 miles away! So, at least for fishing applications of the DSC function of my radio, 20 miles is fine. For distress calls, the msg goes to anyone with a DSC station authorization. That usually would include a lot of boats within the radio's ranges. And if the sender selected "all ships" as the DSC sending mode, then every boat with a DSC radio turned on, would get the distress call. In either case, boats could relay the msg to the appropriate people.