Headed to the edge for a couple days

[Mr. Sandman]

Question for all you canyon regulars. When I am out there I hear the CG on the VHF radio, also catch the weather on the VHF from Maryland, Del, NJ etc. How is this possible? Do they have a repeater out there someplace? Where? Also, is it possible for for them to hear me on the VHF if I were to call the CG?

[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

Question for all you canyon regulars. When I am out there I hear the CG on the VHF radio, also catch the weather on the VHF from Maryland, Del, NJ etc. How is this possible? Do they have a repeater out there someplace? Where? Also, is it possible for for them to hear me on the VHF if I were to call the CG?

You can hear them out there because their antennas are so high and they can broadcast at more the 25 watts allowed to us mortals. I have (once) talked to a marina in Montauk from the Dip, but the odds of the C.G. hearing you from out at the edge are, IMHO pretty slim. As you probably know VHF is limited to line of sight, this marina has a very high antenna and it was at night, with little interfering traffic. During the day with all the boats broadcasting much closer in, it would have been impossible.