Well I was sailing along out by the Farallone Islands grooving on the new situational awareness that my remote mic provided, happiness. Couldn't last of course, sadly my beloved Standard Horizon HX851 bounced out of my pocket and into the drink. Retrieval was deemed impossible as I was in the middle of a "race" and close to the island and in some traffic, not a good time to go madly circling with a butterfly net.
Now what becomes of my radios MMSI number. I have two radios with that number, one fixed mount still on the boat, and my now lost HX851 floating around somewhere in the Pacific. I would like to have that MMSI deactivated in case some idiot finds it and presses the distress button. However I would still like my fixed mount same MMSI number to work.
I have a call into boat US but no answer yet. Can the Coast Guard even distinguish between my two radios?? Is there some serial # broadcast in addition to the MMSI?
I don't think my second radio was even registered, I just programmed in the same MMSI number and that was it. Was that wrong?
Ideas?
Now what becomes of my radios MMSI number. I have two radios with that number, one fixed mount still on the boat, and my now lost HX851 floating around somewhere in the Pacific. I would like to have that MMSI deactivated in case some idiot finds it and presses the distress button. However I would still like my fixed mount same MMSI number to work.
I have a call into boat US but no answer yet. Can the Coast Guard even distinguish between my two radios?? Is there some serial # broadcast in addition to the MMSI?
I don't think my second radio was even registered, I just programmed in the same MMSI number and that was it. Was that wrong?
Ideas?