cneidhart
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VHF Radio Channel?
What VHF radio Channel do the locals and/or Motels monitor in the Mulege area?
In San Carlos we all monitor 68. We use 16 for the Marina or emergency,
Thanks,
Chuck
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Bob and Susan
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They use 16 then move...
Use you "scan" feature if you want "all the action"...
Lots of activity with this form of communication...but they ALL have silly names
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ok here's the deal. i just joined on the local "net" this past weekend. 1st time (my radio was broken, just fixed). i went on as ......who else, capt.
mike!
all the boats use 22.
at about 9 each morning some local that's in charge of the local yappers around the parks on the rio gets on 22 and announces that the net will open
in 10 min and for all to go to channel 21. then they do chit chat, announcements, weather, fish report, it's kinda like being in mayberry rfd and a
party line.
but fun, try it.
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Jack Swords
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VHF Radio usage
Usage of the VHF FM channels is very common in Baja, but please be aware that these channels are used by the Navy, immigration, Pemex, and Port
Captains, and, importantly, for distress calls by boats. In La Paz and many areas, channel 22 is the hailing channel. Everybody monitors this
channel. When you make contact with someone on Ch 22, then switch to another unused channel so others can use the hailing channel and not have to
listen to your conversation. Channels 24 thru 28 are duplex only and require a special radio, so don't move to these channels, it won't work. Ch 14
is reserved for Port Captains, Ch 9 is Pemex, Ch 10 and 11 are Navy, Ch 74 is Ferry business, Ch 83 is immigration, and Ch 88 is Aduana. Obviously
you wouldn't want to block communications with Aduana or the others. Channel 16 is an international calling frequency for ships, monitored by the
Navy and Port Captains and commercial shipping. This leaves many channels to switch to to enjoy your radio contact without interference to others.
There is also a marked difference in signal strength between the lower channels (like 5) and the higher ones (like 68). If you lose contact try going
up or down in frequency. These are not private conversations and everybody will know your business. Kinda like a party line.
Jack Swords, s/v La Paloma, N1IY
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Hook
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Thanks for this, Jack
Very informative on the working ~s in Mexico.
BTW, I have noticed that channel 88 is often a continuous carrier signal in many areas in Baja that I have gone. It plays havoc with an overall scan
and forces me into a memory scan. Anyone else notice this??
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cneidhart
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Thanks Jack, That's the info I was looking for. I will keep that handy at the helm and I'll email it to our other boats. Quite a bit different then
San Carlos (except for Navy).
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cneidhart
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Wait what is "Adunana" CH 88. I don't know that.
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Adunana = Customs
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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Aduana
Customs
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cneidhart
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OK, I just checked the Mexico - Spanish book and I really started to laugh. Here is what they say;
aduana (noun, fem.) hoarhouse note Also means "customs station". (Mexican slang)
I thought Jack was pulling one on me!
Thanks again,
Chuc
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Aduanas
In both circumstances, you end up being screwed, but at least in the one, you enjoy it.
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San Felipe Area: The Americans in the area use channel 69 south of town and channel 74 north of town, as hailing freq's. Channel 16 is the same as
everywhere else and we stay off of it. If you are off road in this area, try channel 11, you might just get us in the dune buggies.
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