WASHINGTON (LOG News Service) — The Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Alert warning mariners not to attempt to reach for help in emergencies on Single Side Band High Frequency 2182 kHz.
In a release, Coast Guard spokesman Kenneth Olsen reported the Coast Guard discontinued monitoring 2182 more than four...
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Still confusion reguarding 2182kHz after years of it’s no longer being monitored for distress calls.
It is unbelievable that the Coast Guard did such a poor job informing commercial fishing vessel master s of the switch of SSB frequencies. I only found out about it at a drill instructor
Class. Only one person in the class knew about it before the class. I was flabbergasted when the instructor told us.