Re: Prepaid cell phones

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:43:50 -0400, gfretwell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

>On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:26:32 -0400, HK <payer33859@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>I use mine a lot when out fi****ng...it's a much better way than VHF 
>>radio to reach the "captains" of other boats to hear them lie about the 
>>fish they are catching where they are. Out on the Bay these days, cell 
>>coverage is damned good if you are out a bit from the cliffs and woods 
>>on the western shore.
>
>With a 3 watt analog phone and a good marine antenna cell coverage is
>better in Florida Bay than VHF. When my buddy was making that limp
>home from Marathon to Pine Island (the bent prop shaft thread) he
>never lost cell signal but his VHF was useless

Luckily, Baltimore has a tremendous Coast Guard station that reaches any
are of the Chesapeake Bay I've been in. I've been able to reach them also,
in the one instance I needed to.

TowBoatUS monitors the Bay pretty well also.