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Old 01-17-2019, 09:52 PM   #9
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Good grief.

16 is not "clogged." I was out today in Florida, and there even local county and coast guard exercises going on. 16 was pretty quiet all day, with nothing going on generally.

Hail and then move to working.

Just use 16. It's simple, everyone is on it, it works. Don't over complicate it just because a few over-pompous "I know betters" blow about it.

And, yes. It is OK to say "XYZ, I am ABC on your stern. I would like to give you a slow pass on YOUR PORT (OR STARBOARD), and have a short agreement on it.

To the OP, the CG come on when people decide to have a multiple sentence general conversation on 16.

Keep it to the two or three short transmissions clearly necessary for safe navigation and you will NEVER have an issue with the CG.

Jaysus, lighten up everyone.
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