PS Report - VHF Radios

**GordMay** · 08-06-2005, 13:13

Best Fixed-Mount VHF: Icom M302
"With better basic audio and transceiver performance, the Icom M302 surpasses more full-featured competitors in our test of units under $160. Standard Horizon's Quest is a close runner-up, and Raymarine's Ray 48 comes up short. ..."

Goto: “Practical Sailor” Magazine (July 15/05): http://www.practical-sailor.com/pub/...es/5142-1.html

Talbot · 08-06-2005, 17:55

In Europe we can only dream of having VHFs at the price available to you in USA. Unfortunately the DSC standard is different, and without the correct CE mark, we get threatened with loss of boat for using a non-authorised radio.

The other problem is that DSC radios cannot turn of the alarms or even reduce the volume of them, so more and more people are actually switching off their radios in order to avoid waking up the sleeping crew. Personnally I will only switch to DSC when I am forced by legislation

08-06-2005, 13:13	#1
GordMay Administrator Site Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 9,330 Images: 230	PS Report - VHF Radios Best Fixed-Mount VHF: Icom M302 "With better basic audio and transceiver performance, the Icom M302 surpasses more full-featured competitors in our test of units under $160. Standard Horizon's Quest is a close runner-up, and Raymarine's Ray 48 comes up short. ..." Goto: “Practical Sailor” Magazine (July 15/05): http://www.practical-sailor.com/pub/...es/5142-1.html __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound") "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"

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08-06-2005, 17:55	#2
Talbot Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stavanger, Norway Boat: Last boat was a Catalac 9m Hi-Jude Posts: 2,026 Images: 23	In Europe we can only dream of having VHFs at the price available to you in USA. Unfortunately the DSC standard is different, and without the correct CE mark, we get threatened with loss of boat for using a non-authorised radio. The other problem is that DSC radios cannot turn of the alarms or even reduce the volume of them, so more and more people are actually switching off their radios in order to avoid waking up the sleeping crew. Personnally I will only switch to DSC when I am forced by legislation