[Milsurplus] France to ban military collections

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert C. Rice" <rcrice at speakeasy.net>
> US Coastguard web site says:
> 
> "PAN-PAN* (pronounced pahn-pahn) is used when the safety of a boat or 
> person is in jeopardy. Man-overboard messages are sent with the PAN-PAN 
> signal."
> http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/metlife/radio.htm
> 
> Google is your friend. Searching for "radio signal pan" returns this as 
> the second item.

I think you kinda missed my point. I do not have a problem with the
fact of a proword. But it seems to me in year 2006 C.E. , in coastal
Oregon, VHF FM radio, there's no need to use a language other
than english. This dates to an earlier international radio convention
and is obsolete in light of communications that do not cross even
a US state's borders. -Hue Miller