Sailor Grateful for Maritime Mobile Service Network Assistance, story at the ARRL site. The summary is that the husband of a couple sailing in the Pacific 200 miles off the coast of northern Mexico had a medical emergency. The MMSN got them linked up with the US Coast Guard in southern California and their on-duty MD, and ultimately arranged for timely transport back to the US.You (yes you) can tune in to the MMSN on 14.030 MHz USB between 1700 and 0200 UTC – that's 12 noon to 9 pm CDT – any day of the week on something about like this. (receive only, so no license needed) Usually it's not quite so active as in this week's story, but then you never know.
What a way to end a ten-year recreational circumnavigation of the planet.
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