coast gaurd on marcs

[KD8CES]

I read in the newspaper recently that rhe coast gaurd has received radios to operate on the marcs system. comments,info? scannerdweeb

 

[FPO703]

They will more tha likely be used to communicate with the Ohio Watercraft Officers on Lake Erie.

 

[radioscan]

They were given to the coast guard by the ODNR. Go to this page
http://www.uscg.mil/d9/uscgd9.html and click on the "MARCS Radio Video" link for two news bytes from a Cleveland station on this.