In Reply to: WSF F-3 ? posted by Mark on January 09, 2001 at 19:37:16:
: Few weeks ago I heard a unit on a ferry (151.04) say 'let's try F3. I quickly checked the 151's and 156's with no luck. Any ideas?
: I know the PT terminal is lic. for 156.8, 156.45 and 156.975.
: (come on Brett, I know you can do this one)
Ouch...Way to put me on the spot Mark! But seriously...I was thinking that maybe F-3 on their radios may correspond with a marine freq of a different channel number...I.e. F-3 may be Marine channel #67 (156.375), and the display may say something along the lines of:
F3 MC67
While I don't know for sure, I do know of at least 2 other instances of that being the way it is done (Royal Carribean Cruises and the USCG vessel Polar Star). I'll poke around and see what I can turn up, and of course post the results here for all to see...
Brett