It's been years since I had a boat with a VHF radio and then in was in salt water where the radio was much busier.
I have a smaller boat now in AZ and will go onto larger lakes and for safety I picked up another radio recently.
If I understand the manual correctly These are the only frequencies for boat to boat chat now? I note that 16 is for distress a and monitored by the CG (which I don't think I will find in the lakes in AZ)
It's been over 20 years since I had a radio in the boat but I thought I remembered more channels available then. Maybe people just did not pay attention to the rules then?
I have a smaller boat now in AZ and will go onto larger lakes and for safety I picked up another radio recently.
If I understand the manual correctly These are the only frequencies for boat to boat chat now? I note that 16 is for distress a and monitored by the CG (which I don't think I will find in the lakes in AZ)
It's been over 20 years since I had a radio in the boat but I thought I remembered more channels available then. Maybe people just did not pay attention to the rules then?
[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Channels Available for Recreational Boats [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Distress, Safety, Calling...................................16 [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Calling..........................................................................9 [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Recreational Use...........................68-69, 71-72, 78 [/FONT]