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Vancouver Fleet Report: February 2016

Cameron and Marianne McLean, Vancouver Fleet Coordinators

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Seabird 37
March 6th, 2016

The program for the February meeting on the 23rd featured Ken Johnson from Roton,  who addressed satellite and other communications. The many topics covered included:

  • Types of AIS and their antennas
  • SSBs and their grounds
  • Pactor modems and sources
  • Various types of satellite phones and services
  • Different kinds of EPIRBS

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The meeting on March 22 will focus on Celestial Navigation and Charts including paper, electronic and Google Earth chart enhancement.

Yvonne's cookies were a hit.

Yvonne’s cookies were a hit.

Cakes and cookies were provide by Yvonne Harwood, who also stepped in at the last minutes to take the minutes.

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