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...just charts and sextant or communication aids other than a VHF radio
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Mello Mike wrote:None of the above.. I'm a radio guy that grew up around boats. My step brother is a retired USCG guy who lost a friend to the antiquated DF gear in the coast guard aircraft and they didn't find him in time. He made it his personal quest to wake up the boys in the head office and Congress to fund Doppler gear. Tweaked a few noses along the way too, but the results are what you see today. So I kinda pay attention to stuff like this. And yes I can actually read charts and Topos, but GPS is way easier... ๐
SVCJeff,
EPIRB, HF High Seas, 2182KHZ, CH16...Wow, I haven't heard some of those terms in years. Were you in the Navy or CG?
โJul-04-2014 05:05 PM
sleepy wrote:nobody is arguing that, and nobody cares how Columbus did it 500+ years ago. Whether or not he had the skills at the time he sure wouldn't do it that way again in 2014. The OP already said his partner was an old school guy, so this rant is redundant. He has the skills... Move on
Then Columbus makes two people that can walk on water. When I was a kid half way back to the cival war the teachers told us that Columbus came over on three ships...
A lot of the answers on this thread are for sat phone use on land...
some are for it, some think there are better solutions
some apparently seem to think that there are better technologies on sea and land
I personally think that everyone should have the necessary basic skills to explore, to travel, so that they can survive without gizmos...
then if they want gizmos fine... if the gizmo fails they can survive.
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DWeikert wrote:Exactly.. That was then and this is now. You don't think any of those groups had whatever the technology of that day with them? Any true exploritary team (not some weekend thrill seeker) these days are all carrying the latest technology. The only people lost these days are those thinking technology is for pansies and think they can do it on their own. Trying to compare Percy, Donner, and the rest to anything today is silly. They weren't stupid, they just made due with what they had.sleepy wrote:
John Muir, Danial Boone, Lewis and Clark, Columbus... what if they hadn't explored?
The Donner Party, the Franklin Expedition, Percy Fawcett... What if they could've called for help?
โJul-04-2014 10:35 AM
DWeikert wrote:sleepy wrote:
John Muir, Danial Boone, Lewis and Clark, Columbus... what if they hadn't explored?
The Donner Party, the Franklin Expedition, Percy Fawcett... What if they could've called for help?