Thread: Who uses DSC?
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Old 02-22-2019, 03:20 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by ranger42c View Post

Could use it for calling vessels observed in AIS... but it's faster/easier at that point to hail by name.

-Chris
Not always faster. Once a "warship" was hailing a cruise ship by name. It took at least 10 minutes to get a response. the warship directed the cruise ship to change direction, which it did -- to a collision course with me. Rather than hailing the cruise ship by name, I used DSC and got an immediate reply. Very fast and easy.
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