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One that didn't sit at some dock for any lengthy period of time was manned by some teenager who set out to be the youngest person to sail around the world. He spent over a year overseas.

This kid was interviewed on FOX Sports Radio a couple weeks ago. He said the only danger he faced was a pirate ship near Austrailia & that was about it. Not sure what he had for antennas or radios (Except for a marine band radio) as he didn't say & they didn't go into that (Typical of those who don't know a thing about Ham Radio).

Either way, he somehow managed to avoid the Somali pirates that later went on to commandeer that barge & take hostages for awhile.

Now the kid's sister wants to try the same feat. Typical of kids, isn't it?

Jst my $.02 worth.....

Cheers & 73

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You actually HIT the repeater??
NO WONDER THE THING IS ALWAYS DOWN WHENEVER I WANNA USE IT!!!
Ohh...I get it now. When you say you Hit the repeater, you mean you are Talking To Other Hams Through It!!! *DOH!*

akkid,

Unfortunately, you're going to have a difficult time finding something that will be able scan and decode that in real time. I'm sure someone could make something that could do it, but since the demand would be low it probably wouldn't be worth while to manufacture and sell.

BTW, I'm a sport fisherman too, although I don't own a boat. I mostly end up being a "boat ho" and try to bum rides by helping split the gas, bait, etc. Either that or hop on one of the sport boats. I'm not sure which is a more expensive hobby...radios or fishing. You said you do this for a living...is it sport fishing or commercial fishing?

it's a commercial fishing boat. We catch mainly pink salmon.
thanks for the input