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| Does anybody have suggestions on a decent hand held marine radio. Wouldn't mind having when out on Green Bay, etc.
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| I have an ICOM - M2A, about 5 years old, waterproof and have had no problems with it. It's a well built radio. About $160 or so I think. |
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| I've been considering getting one was well. What is the range on a hand held? Or is it not even worth it, and I should go with the console model. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | You should go with both! A console model is more powerful, but if you lost boat power (as is common in an emergency) you're done. Then the hand held comes in. Take it from a guy that does this for a living, poor comms are one of the biggest reasons things get difficult. It's nice to be able to talk to a guy several miles away and frustrating as hell when they're on an underpowered (handheld) radio and they can receive but not transmit to us. Console is the way to go, but they do become boat anchors when the batteries die. The hand held can save your life, especially if you're in the water and your boat is at the bottom of the lake (provided the radio is water proof). |
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Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | I also have one of each and the hand held is always either in my (floating) ditch bag or attached to a pfd or floatation device of some sort. It is water proof to 15 ' so of all goes to hell and I by chance forget the radio on my way off a sinking ship it should float itself. |
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Hand held marine radio