I think putting all the posts together that the bottom line on this is todo your homework for the area you are in. Different areas use different protocals. different areas use different location reference points. For example I have lived here all my life adn listened to boats for 50 years on teh radios they used at whatever decade it was. The intracoastal waterway has mile markers from Florida to Texas, but here is I tell someone on VHF ch13 that I am approaching the schoolhouse or north forty they know exactly where I am. If I have done my homework, then I know also. YOu cannot wait until you have a need to see if it works. With EPIRBS you simply have to. That is why they have a 90% false alarm rate. Too many people "trying it to see if it works". That increased response time. I, like others would expect it to work rather slowly, but I would take one into remote areas. In fact I have been contemplating exactly that in Summer 2000 on a canoe trip into remote Canada. I figured exactly what was posted becasue I had studyied it a lot. That made me feel good. The bottom line is to be as familiar with what you are doing adn where you are doing it as you can. Right here is where to start. Each day brings many posts requesting information. If we freely give factual information including the "I don't know, so I'll just read adn learn" that is a good beginning. Sometimes you have to realize that "authorities" have an "official position" that they tell you when you contact them which may or may not be "filtered" information. 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.. John LeBlanc *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
The Icom IC - M9 VHF has an optional battery pack that operates the radio off of 6 AA alkaline batteries. It's quite compact, water repellent, but not water proof. Cheers, Don Watson -----Original Message----- From: Johnlebl_at_aol.com <Johnlebl_at_aol.com> To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 11:57 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] Bottom Line of VHF and Cell Phones >I think putting all the posts together that the bottom line on this is todo >your homework for the area you are in. > >Different areas use different protocals. > >different areas use different location reference points. > >For example I have lived here all my life adn listened to boats for 50 years >on teh radios they used at whatever decade it was. > >The intracoastal waterway has mile markers from Florida to Texas, but here is >I tell someone on VHF ch13 that I am approaching the schoolhouse or north >forty they know exactly where I am. If I have done my homework, then I know >also. > >YOu cannot wait until you have a need to see if it works. With EPIRBS you >simply have to. That is why they have a 90% false alarm rate. Too many >people "trying it to see if it works". That increased response time. > >I, like others would expect it to work rather slowly, but I would take one >into remote areas. In fact I have been contemplating exactly that in Summer >2000 on a canoe trip into remote Canada. I figured exactly what was posted >becasue I had studyied it a lot. That made me feel good. > >The bottom line is to be as familiar with what you are doing adn where you are >doing it as you can. Right here is where to start. Each day brings many >posts requesting information. If we freely give factual information including >the "I don't know, so I'll just read adn learn" that is a good beginning. > >Sometimes you have to realize that "authorities" have an "official position" >that they tell you when you contact them which may or may not be "filtered" >information. > >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.. > >John LeBlanc >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** 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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