Re: [Paddlewise] My VHF choice

From: <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 08:57:49 EST
In a message dated 1/18/99 1:18:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, rcline_at_onramp.net
writes:

<< 
 I've got an apelco 520, and even though it's reputedly submersible, I use
 it in a bag... (after flooding an Icom).  Anyone use the 520 out of the
 bag?
  >>

I've been using its predecessor, the 510, de-bagged for five years.  Never a
problem with water, even when doing rolls and braces (not deliberately with
the VHF on the PFD --- just forgot).  Did give it a good smack once on a
concrete abutment and cracked the display window, letting in water.  Apelco
replaced it, even with some obvious mishandling.  My guess is that you'll be
fine with the 520, using JIS-7 standards, considering what I've gotten away
with on the 510.

Jack Martin
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