Well... as far as "VHF" goes, I have this neat Yeasu HT that puts out about 6.5 watts... -Oh... You mean "Marine VHF"??? <sorry, couldn't resist> I just bought a Standard, it's five watts also though. -Seems to me when I think about it, that the difference between 5 and 7 watts from a *practical* stand point [note the word "practical"] is not that great. The math escapes me right now, but I do remember the old principle that the antenna is the real key. Anyone rigged up a J-pole for marine VHF and used it on a kayak? I really doubt that if one was in severe need of that extra gain, hooking one up would be, practical, but <shrug> who knows? I'm just a no-code technician... [KB8UZD] <g> Take care, Tom Kirkland, Wa. At 03:11 PM 3/1/98 -0500, Patrick Maun wrote: >I'd love to hear which radio people are using that are stronger than 5W >that is also handheld, *and* contains a VHF radio. It is next to impossible >to pick up weather when out in the Apostle Islands. The Radio Shack route >just doesn't seem to work. Any tips? > >-Patrick > Tom Weese Kirkland, Wa. Three left turns often make a right... <http://www.isomedia.com/homes/gadfly/> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 01 1998 - 14:21:25 PST
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