Originally Posted by
BobJ
I'll be sending you guys an e-mail so we can get together about this.
My main concern about knowing that a boat's SSB works is that any backup means of making roll-call remains a backup, thus keeping the Comm boat's job manageable.
Is it possible to borrow one of those SW(?) meters so the inspector could see what was reaching the SSB antenna?
Contacting a remote station would be great but would probably require getting the boat away from shore. Perhaps that could be combined with an e-rudder test, but it's putting quite a burden on the inspectors.