RE: [Paddlewise] Hams and Kayaks

	The more I thought about Steve's previous reply, the more I see that while
it may be true ham vhf will not allow me to contact the Coast Guard
directly per se, an autopatch would, allow me to do that. If no autopatch,
then a contact might be able to land line a call to the CG...   OTOH DF
gear would not necessarily work...<g>  

	So-the Standard goes in the deck bag, and the Yaesu goes in the water
proof bag.  BTW, the Yaesu is Mil spec'd for water and shock.  Since I now
see that Yaesu has a "Tri-bander" out, perhaps they will eventually come up
with a 2m/440/Marine radio?  Maybe I'll drop a note to them about that...
Can't hurt...<g>

	Bobs' idea about a "VOX" headset sounds like a darn good idea on pleasant
days-and maybe I can manage one for [part of] field day...<shrug>

	I can not manage learing CW for now...  [had a difficult time of learning
before my accident] but am no where near finnished trying to learn it.  Do
I remember correctly that 10meters is "UP" now that 5 years have gone by?
Both you and Steve have good ideas in that regard I think.

	Could be that the Loon would be the choice for field day...?  No skirt,
30" beam, and a BIG cockpit...  At least on Lake Washington it would be
suitable I think...

	Take care...

>Ahh I didn't pay too much attention to the name and didn't connect with your
>accident.  My suggestion is that 2M radio is NOT a replacement for VHF at
>all. It won't help the Coast Guard locate you if you are in trouble and 2M
>rigs are not really designed for maritime use. Having one along in addition
>to a Marine VHF would be fun. I'd suggest a VOX headset, so you could paddle
>and QSO. I toyed with the idea of a QRP rig with an HF antenna towed behind
>on a balloon and a contact on my right knee and the hull for a CW keyer..
>
>Cya
>
>W2PN
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
>[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net] On Behalf Of Tom...
>Sent:	Monday, March 22, 1999 8:03 PM
>To:	PaddleWise
>Subject:	RE: [Paddlewise] Hams and Kayaks
>
>Bob...
>
>	No, I didn't make a marine contact.  I made a normal repeater
>contact on
>my Yaesu FT-50R.  I mentioned that it took me all of a year in recovery to
>get it together enough to make my radio to work enough to make a simple
>2meter contact.
>
>	I want to be active in field day this year and was trying to think
>of ways
>to incorporate kayaks into it and wondered what others would suggest...  I
>remember much but certainly a lot is still missing from memory...
>
>	Frankly I would rather pack my 2m/440 rig than a marine radio now
>that I
>have an idea of the coverage for 2meters up here in the Seattle area.  I'd
>rather not go off half-cocked when making that decision however, and it is
>reassuring to note that I am not the only paddler who sees it as a
>possibility.
>	
>>There are a number of hams on the list.
>
>	And that was another reason for my post-I had lost some of my
>messages
>from a ham on the list and also wondered about other hams here.  This was
>an attempt to contact  him/and those others...
>
>Oh yea, my license is dated 09/16/94...
>
>	73
>
>		Tom...  KB8UZD 
>
>	
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