USCG station Ponce hailing the skipper of the vessel Sand Piper, thay seem to be having a problem, the CG needs all there names and birthdates of all aboard. started on channel 16 and moved to 22a. don't remember them asking for birthdates before? Also CG on CG Station Ponce on net 111 hailing Cg Cutter Strike to call the Sand Piper to relay info to them. And to put them on a 30 minute callback.
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USCG Center Jacksonville FL. 13:39 hr's recieved a report of a 22 foot white angler over due from a fishing trip from light house point marinar in Pounce Inlet abt 50 miles offshore, everone is to keep a sharp look out for them. that was the Sun Commander USCG Center Jacksonville FL. anyone else monitor the vhf/uhf marine band???
USCG Center Jacksonville FL. 13:39 hr's recieved a report of a 22 foot white angler over due from a fishing trip from light house point marinar in Pounce Inlet abt 50 miles offshore, everone is to keep a sharp look out for them. that was the Sun Commander USCG Center Jacksonville FL. anyone else monitor the vhf/uhf marine band???
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I LISTEN to the VHF marine channels, I have the digital stuff programed in but i never hear it active.not sure why,
I LISTEN to the VHF marine channels, I have the digital stuff programed in but i never hear it active.not sure why,
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What scanner are you using, i'm using the psr 800 and the only stations i hear are Pounce Inlet, and Jacksonville FL. If you check out Wiki forum you should be able to find out your area's freq's sector and nac#. Here are some Station Mansquan Inlet,N.J. USCG 114 freq 164.30000 and CG 111 162.32500 on hf are 5.696 usb 8.983.0, 11.201
What scanner are you using, i'm using the psr 800 and the only stations i hear are Pounce Inlet, and Jacksonville FL. If you check out Wiki forum you should be able to find out your area's freq's sector and nac#. Here are some Station Mansquan Inlet,N.J. USCG 114 freq 164.30000 and CG 111 162.32500 on hf are 5.696 usb 8.983.0, 11.201
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The digital channels are usually encrypted, which is why you never hear anything on them...
As for them asking for birth dates and full names, we usually only ask that information if we need to run them for want and warrants. This is standard procedure when a vessel on the lookout list meets certain criteria.
"I have the digital stuff programed in but i never hear it active.not sure why."
Because they're not in use in your area. The only reason I hear them is because Boat Station Manasquan is right down the street and the boats never go far from shore.
"The digital channels are usually encrypted, which is why you never hear anything on them."
If they were encrypted he would hear garbled voices unless his scanner was programmed to skip over encryption. That's rather useless, why program an encrypted channel only to have the scanner skip it?
Because they're not in use in your area. The only reason I hear them is because Boat Station Manasquan is right down the street and the boats never go far from shore.
"The digital channels are usually encrypted, which is why you never hear anything on them."
If they were encrypted he would hear garbled voices unless his scanner was programmed to skip over encryption. That's rather useless, why program an encrypted channel only to have the scanner skip it?
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The Coast Guard uses AES encryption on the digital channels. When communications are encrypted using AES, a reciever without the appropriate codes (such as a scanner) will pick up only the carrier wave of the transmission. You will hear no garbled voice, static, or anything else. only a carrier wave with no audio. I know this, because as a radio operator in the Coast Guard, I use AES with these digital channels on a daily basis...
"The Coast Guard uses AES encryption on the digital channels."
That may be so in Washington but not in central NJ. The "digital channels" here are non-encrypted P25 yet any other normally analog channel may be digital AES encrypted at times. I have heard it often enough sounding like a rough hiss so like the commercial goes; "your actual mileage may vary".
I wish they'd go back to teaching circuits and theory to radio operators, unfortunately training how to use a radio says nothing about how it works. FYI, you cannot hear an unmodulated carrier, if there is nothing to demodulate there is nothing to hear. Conversely, be it analog or digital, encrypted or clear you'll hear modulation of some sort if there is any. We're not talking Coast Guard radios here which apparently mute the audio unless decryption is enabled, try listening on a scanner and you'll hear what it actually sounds like on air.
That may be so in Washington but not in central NJ. The "digital channels" here are non-encrypted P25 yet any other normally analog channel may be digital AES encrypted at times. I have heard it often enough sounding like a rough hiss so like the commercial goes; "your actual mileage may vary".
I wish they'd go back to teaching circuits and theory to radio operators, unfortunately training how to use a radio says nothing about how it works. FYI, you cannot hear an unmodulated carrier, if there is nothing to demodulate there is nothing to hear. Conversely, be it analog or digital, encrypted or clear you'll hear modulation of some sort if there is any. We're not talking Coast Guard radios here which apparently mute the audio unless decryption is enabled, try listening on a scanner and you'll hear what it actually sounds like on air.
Warren, I've heard some people say that if you stay up all night listening to @@#&&*(^%$%#$%^&^^%%$%^&&^$%$ eventually you'll pick out a word here and there! :lol::lol::roll:
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