Well as far as the Chinese and Korean ship builders they (as far as Ive seen over the past couple of years ) are not putting in any MF (500KHz) equipment - GMDSS area dependant whether VHF or HF is i
Alan, I think you have hit on something there. I believe that my friend was on a Caribbean cruise when he saw the 500kHz equipment in the radio room. -- 73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ/WD2XSH/23/WE2XEB/2 FN42
I guess it might depend where they are going, I believe that 500k is still used in some S.American countries and also in some far eastern areas I was told this was why none of the ship-board kit beca
Steve, Don't know, probably static or hams these days! I wonder if some reason cruise ships have retained the capability while tankers and freighters have phased out 500kHz. -- 73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ
Hi Andy, I think that is very possibly a 500kHz antenna. Steve Floyd W4YHD was on a cruise ship recently and they still had 500kHz equipment and were still monitoring! I have cc'd Steve on this e-mai
Yesterday I was watching two large cruise ships sail down Southampton water (P&O ships, 'Artemis' and 'Aurora'). Both had a large wire antennas strung between the masts, and in the case of Artemis th
