Hello,
VHF? Who really cares about that anymore?
I have a fixed mount unit down at the nav station and a second handset at the helm. I have a standard horizon handheld. I rarely, like really rarely, use the VHF. When I'm sailing it will be on and I will monitor channel 16. So I get to hear radio checks, fisherman talking to their buddies, the Coast Guard giving a securite message for a location very far away from me, and other information I don't care about. When I try to contact a marina for a slip assignment I get a response maybe 1/2 the time.
if I needed a new VHF I would spend $100 - $200 on a good handheld and be done with it.
What would you do with a new, high quality VHF radio?
Barry
VHF? Who really cares about that anymore?
I have a fixed mount unit down at the nav station and a second handset at the helm. I have a standard horizon handheld. I rarely, like really rarely, use the VHF. When I'm sailing it will be on and I will monitor channel 16. So I get to hear radio checks, fisherman talking to their buddies, the Coast Guard giving a securite message for a location very far away from me, and other information I don't care about. When I try to contact a marina for a slip assignment I get a response maybe 1/2 the time.
if I needed a new VHF I would spend $100 - $200 on a good handheld and be done with it.
What would you do with a new, high quality VHF radio?
Barry