Icom has a web site at http://www.icomamerica.com/, with information about how to contact them and obtain technical support at http://www.icomamerica.com/mailbox/. Chuck Holst -----Original Message----- From: Robert C. Cline [mailto:rcline_at_onramp.net] Sent: Monday, July 06, 1998 11:06 PM To: JCMARTIN43; paddlewise Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] "Waterproof" VHF Radio The Icom M3A is advertised to be: "Water-resistant construction: Built tough to withstand the punishing marine environment, the IC-M3A meets JIS water-resistant specification grade 4. The amount of exposure to saltwater was really minimal. The battery compartment has virtually NO waterproofing. There is no rubber O-ring to seal off batteries. There was also moisture on the inside of the glass. Somehow it had gotten into the radio case itself. I could not have been under water more than a couple of minutes in all... and then, the radio was inside of a plastic bag I bought at WestMarine designed to keep VHF handheld radios dry. The weather has been very hot... I can only guess that the air expanded enough to pop the plastic bag... there was a break in the seal near the clip about 1/3" long... enough for water to run in. Your experience with the Apelco is a great endorsement! Furthermore, Icom does not provide any instructions for getting in touch with them for Warranty issues... or anything else; just an address for Japan! No phone nos., no fax nos. Thanks for the very helpful info. Robert > >But there are "standards" --- the U.S. Coast Guard has worked with a spec for >"waterproof-ness", CFR-46, which requires the unit to survive being drenched >with a fire hose at some "mil spec" waterflow for some period of time. And >there's a newer spec --- not sure whose ---, JIS-7, which is for "submersible" >radios, requiring survival submerged in one meter of water for a half hour. > >Anything we take kayaking probably ought to meet at least the CFR-46 and, >preferably, the JIS-7 specs. I routinely take my old Apelco 510 (a CFR-46 >compliant unit) on open water, and will brace and roll with it clipped into my >PFD lash tab (along with a redundant strap with quick releases). ************************************************************************** * PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ************************************************************************** * ------ Message Header Follows ------ Received: from multitech.com by multitech.com (PostalUnion/SMTP(tm) v2.1.9c for Windows NT(tm)) id AA-1998Jul06.230627.1944.299297; Mon, 06 Jul 1998 23:06:27 -0500 Received: from ns1.intelenet.net ([204.182.160.31]) by gateway.multitech.com with ESMTP id <16130>; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 22:48:52 -0500 Received: (from majordom_at_localhost) by ns1.intelenet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA00042 Mon, 6 Jul 1998 20:49:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhost.onramp.net (mailhost.onramp.net [199.1.11.3]) by ns1.intelenet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA00033 Mon, 6 Jul 1998 20:49:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [206.50.229.11] (ppp10-11.hstntx.onramp.net [206.50.229.11]) by mailhost.onramp.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA00319; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 22:49:42 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <v03102804b1c73e75fbc8_at_[206.50.229.76]> In-Reply-To: <eeb7d823.35a0c6a4_at_aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 22:54:16 -0500 To: JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com, paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net From: "Robert C. Cline" <rcline_at_onramp.net> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] "Waterproof" VHF Radios Sender: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Precedence: list X-Listname: Paddlewise Mailing List X-Subscription-Info: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net *************************************************************************** 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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