![]() When inquiring about the weather up island, an acquaintance in your own anchorage can break in and invite you over for sundowners. ![]() Furthermore, cell phones and sat phones do not have the more social properties of the party line. Cell phones work only when near the towers and we finally dumped our Globalstar sat phone because it was so flaky in the southern Caribbean. You can get a very slow email service but one which has truly global coverage. Whether Ham radio or SSB, the short wave radio is the only reasonably reliable form of communications on board over the horizon. We get advice, weather information, find old friends and meet new ones through the radio. Through radio we have met a great number of friends and become a part of the community. ![]() Installing HF Radio on board without cutting the backstay and without drilling a hole in the hull ![]() Accidental Cruiser in the West Indies Installing HF Radio on board our boat ![]()
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