Re: [IRCA] ship radio

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

At 01:18 PM 12/10/2009, you wrote:
>Hey All, Its to bad that our ships no longer carry "real" radio! I also worry for the safty of the pass. and crew if something happends that the sat. radio can`t deal with. I wonder what the training of the radio officer is now?(just a button pusher or someone that could really communicate in an emergancy?) Too bad that we are letting tech. take the place of common sense in this case.(remeber the ship with the call of msg in 1912?) Good dx to all, Robbie in Wyoming     
>
Well, I can answer that for Holland America's Amsterdam....the "radio officer" is actually the IT guy.  Didn't know anything about radio! .....Walt 

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