The marine electronics marketing world is interesting. Defintitions are not all they sound. In this case, I don't remember if Icom states the 3A to be waterproof or water resistant. There is a huge difference. Waterproof means... go ahead, roll with it on deck without a bag. Waterresistant means...splash or light rain is ok but don't ever drop it in the water. I have only found two truely waterproof radios. Standard and Raytheon make radios that meet the GMDSS specification for big ship lifeboat radios....they float and stuff. I have a waterresistant radio in a bag. Luckily, my bag didn't leak yet. Looking for other tricks too... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
>Definitions are not all they sound. Waterproof means... go ahead, roll >with it >on deck without a bag. Waterresistant means...splash or light >rain is ok but >don't ever drop it in the water. Actually, for some mfrs., "waterproof" is distinguished from "immersion proof," in yet another example of 1984-speak. Where is truth-in-advertising? (Ans.: elsewhere.) AMG Arthur M. Greene amg52_at_columbia.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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