"With Iridium GO texting, Starlink, increased mobile phone coverage, most people SMS, message, or call. Frankly, this is crazy. The VHF is our lifeline to each other and fastest and best way to contact boats nearby. How can someone come to your aid, or you help a fellow cruiser, if no one is listening on 16?"
Bruce fears this will only get worse as more and more boats choose to have 24/7 internet access and use texting and calling to communicate with each other...
He asks, “Please turn your radio on - it ties our community together. Don’t let the other technologies destroy that.”
Sourced from Noonsite.com newsletter