Johnlebl_at_aol.com wrote: > Dave Kruger seems to have a grasp on the drawbacks of ni-cad batteries. If > you don't mind Dave, could you share which hand held VHF models you find work > well with alkaline. I have only ceen one advertized and know nothing about > it.. I do not have broad experience with alkaline-capable VHF's. I have only used ICOM's IC-M10A, which is inexpensive, and reliable. It has been on the market for several years. I have my radios tested periodically. I believe others on the list have more experience with alkaline-equipped VHF's. Frankly, I would not expect there to be much difference between VHF's, these days, aside from degree of "waterproofness." The latter was the subject of an extensive discussion on this list a year ago or so. Perhaps Jackie can tell you how to chase it down -- it may be archived somewhere. In the case of the M10A, it is not at all waterproof, so that the usual radio bag is a critical piece of equipment. I suspect that alkaline battery compartments are more difficult to make waterproof than NiCad compartments. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Dec 02 1998 - 21:49:13 PST
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