Let me say that Dave Krugers comment is exactly on the mark in respect to the utility of VHF radios. Although I am new to kayaking I cruised for years with a VHF radio and found it's greatest utility to be for weather monitoring and communication with bridges and marina's. I do feel that here in the north east a ten mile range is a bit pessimistic I would think that 20 miles (to the Coast Guard) is more realistic. If the primary usage of a VHF would be to summon aid I think you would be better off with a EPIRB or perhaps a cell phone (in a good waterproof bag.) Richard Smith *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 07 2000 - 10:33:15 PDT
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