Comments on: Coordinated international effort leads to rescue of two men off Costa Rica http://coastguardnews.com/coordinated-international-effort-leads-to-rescue-of-two-men-off-costa-rica/2009/05/01/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: B.C. Farthing http://coastguardnews.com/coordinated-international-effort-leads-to-rescue-of-two-men-off-costa-rica/2009/05/01/comment-page-1/#comment-12860 B.C. Farthing Sat, 02 May 2009 23:39:37 +0000 http://coastguardnews.com/?p=9938#comment-12860 The coordination between CG units has long been a model for all SAR teams and First Responders to an incident at sea. The reference of PO Levi Read in his well wriiten editorial fell short in his mention of the HAM Radio existence and their frequent and dedication to the saving of lives and property at sea. The proper name of these 60 plus ,emergency communications volunteers. The Maritime Mobile Service Network website,(MMSN.ORG) is a very informative source of: who we are,our mission,recent events to which we responded,maritime weather, and a wealth of other informative links As a long time Net Control Station I would be happy to answer any question from those who read the website. You may email me at NP2CB@earthlink.net Bernie Farthing, Former USCGR 7th District Former Owner/Skipper PAX ll, 47' Ketch The coordination between CG units has long been a model for all SAR teams and First Responders to an incident at sea. The reference of PO Levi Read in his well wriiten editorial fell short in his mention of the HAM Radio existence and their frequent and dedication to the saving of lives and property at sea. The proper name of these 60 plus ,emergency communications volunteers. The Maritime Mobile Service Network website,(MMSN.ORG) is a very informative source of: who we are,our mission,recent events to which we responded,maritime weather, and a wealth of other informative links

As a long time Net Control Station I would be happy to answer any question from those who read the website. You may email me at NP2CB@earthlink.net

Bernie Farthing, Former USCGR 7th District
Former Owner/Skipper PAX ll, 47′ Ketch

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