dsc

I'm specing out electronics for a new boat, and I will be using a B&G Zeus 3S for a chartplotter. I don't like B&G's VHF products, and would like to use a Standard Horizon GX2400 connected via NMEA 2000. According to the Zeus 3S manual: "If the system includes a VHF radio supporting DSC...

Yesterday I listened on Channel 16 to the Mobile Alabama USCG, handling a "Collapsed Man on Board" response. Although I could not hear the voice of the vessel, I did get their DSC distress ALERT and MMSI number. The USCG did great!!!:clap: The victim was unconscious, but alive when the USCG...