Originally Posted by
BonnieLass
The Iranians are using VHF channel 16 to issue orders to the ships, the same channel is used to negotiate passage and payment of the toll.
An important aspect is being missed here.
BonnieLass, the important aspect missing is - as I mentioned in my post - is why the press (and us experts), do not know why or what is going on with this current grouping, if it's so easy to just tune into Ch16.
Has the press (one assumes they have a $50 marine radio), tuned into Ch16 to report on what the captains are saying...?
And none of the (thousands of), crew have mobile phones or their own radio..?
Not hard to have a VHF radio and a small antenna... I've got a 70W on VHF that can run on a battery the size of a showbox for 10's of hours.
I dunno, somethings not right and the lack of those mines, is to me another Saddam WMD....