Jumping into Dave Kruger's and Larry Edwards' conversation about the Apelco 510 with a single data point; mine leaked in the display area --- after taking a good hit on a concrete pier. Apelco took it back, with some obvious damage plus water intrusion, and replaced it, no cost. Shortly thereafter, I saw a <lot> of "factory reconditioned" 510s for sale in the chain boat store ads for about $180 --- must have been mine and all the others that Larry saw being returned. Since then, my new one has been fine. From personal observations, the potential weak points of that radio are in (1) the rubber cover for the external mike/speaker jacks, (2) the antenna/body connection joint, and (3) the battery/body joint. But that's probably the same with most "waterproof" handhelds. When this one finally dies, I'll get one of the the new "submersibles" with weather alert --- and I'd look at the Apelco again for the price and the company's support, although the Icom is also attractive. Thanks for the professional inputs, Larry. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** 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 Fri May 01 1998 - 03:34:48 PDT
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