BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – U.S. Coast Guard officials are urging all mariners in Hilton Head and Beaufort to inspect their VHF marine radios. It comes after the Coast Guard said they have received ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Seventh District is asking mariners in the Hilton Head and Beaufort areas to inspect their VHF marine radios, as multiple faulty distress ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Coast Guard is asking boat owners to check their VHF Marine radios after reporting a series of “uncorrelated distress calls.” The calls are coming on the Digital ...

MARINER'S SAFETY ENDANGERED WHEN VHF RADIO DISTRESS ALERTS BY DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) LACK LOCATION AND IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION. As the Coast Guard's new marine radio network Rescue 21 ...

Lt. Peter Vermeer, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa, contacts his boarding team via VHF-FM radio while they prepare to conduct a maritime law enforcement boarding in the Icy ...