Posted on 06/27/2018 5:34:39 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/27/2018 06:19 PM EDT
MIAMI Coast Guard Sector Miami reported a loss of radio communication capability Wednesday.
The Coast Guard cannot monitor radio traffic offshore and is urging mariners to use extreme caution throughout the Miami Captain of the Port Zone, which includes the ports and waterways surrounding Fort Pierce, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and the Miami areas.
Mariners are reminded to check all safety equipment, carry a fully charged cell phone, and file a float plan with a friend or family member before getting underway.
If in distress, mariners should attempt to call Coast Guards Seventh District Command Center at 305-415-6818 or 305-415-6800.
A Coast Guard aircraft has been launched to monitor communications in Sector Miami COTP Zone. The estimated time of repair is unknown, but the Coast Guard is developing a radio coverage plan in the event repairs cannot be fixed for an extended period. A press release and notification will be issued once radio communications are restored.
Incompetence ... or interference?
After 10 minutes of Pilots yelling, "YOU'RE ON GUUUUUUUAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!" somebody will relay to ATC and get you help.
I may not have a good explanation, but it does peak my interest.
First of all, it is very bothersome that something like that could happen at all.
Is this due to sloppiness, old equipment, some sort of mistake? I just don’t know.
Channel 16???
Sea Tow is monitoring. Coast Guard, nope.
It could be a number of things. They could have lost the actual transceiver on the tower and sometimes spares are hard to come by. For an entire area to go down it could be the circuit taking the signals from the tower(s) to the Sector command center, or the network moving those signals around.
Probably old equipment
Probably not a bad guess.
It will take years for Trump to get our services back in shape again, after the last eight years.
Answer: It comes from a French word meaning literally “to prick”
What’s the question?
In peacetime the USCG is part of the Department of Commerce.
Ruh roh
I already asked the question. Sorry you missed it.
I would say yes.
They are lucky it aint 1980
Mariel and Mary Jane
If only radar was out too lol
Its a joke
You had to be there
Prior to 9/11 it was in the Dept. of Transportation. It was moved into the Dept. of Homeland Security after that department was created.
I suspect it is older equipment or equipment, old or new, without backup redundancy.
Why should they tell us anything?
We only pay their salaries.
Besides, we are "too stupid" to "understand" that stuff...
Arrogant delusional p**cks
I grew up down there...every day it was either Square Grouper or balseros. Some days both.
pique... pique... pique... pique...
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