RE: [Paddlewise] Can you talk on your VHF radio if it's in a bag?

Dave wrote:
>>  I bag them inside a very small dry bag (custom made -- easy with
heat-sealable fabric from Seattle Fabrics), and then inside an Aqua-Pac.

Dave,
Please explain further. Do you mean that your VHF radio is
inside *two* bags? It is inside your custom-made bag, which
is inside an Aqua-Pac bag? And even so, you can still talk
to on the radio?
Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Dave Kruger
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 5:58 PM
To: PaddleWise
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Can you talk on your VHF radio if it's in a
bag?


Jack Fu wrote:
>
> I just bought a bag from West Marine. It is their own
> "Westmarine aquasafe Waterproof Pouch for Large VHF
> Handheld Radios", $19.99.
>
> As an experiment, I put my cell phone in it and made
> some calls. The other party could hear me, but not
> very clearly. I tried again with the cell phone out
> of the bag. The other party could hear me clearly.
>
> Now my question is: suppose I have a non-waterproof VHF
> radio in such a bag and I need to talk on the radio
> rather than just listen. Will the other party be able
> to hear me clearly? Or will I have to take the
> radio out of the bag before talking on it?

Have used my non-waterproof handheld VHF many hours in an Aqua-Safe.  People
hear me just fine, and I hear them just fine.  I think the cell phone pickup
is
much more directional and much less sensitive than the mike on the VHF.

BTW, I have several seasons of heavy use on my Aqua-Safes, and have never
had a
leak.  Note:  I bag them inside a very small dry bag (custom made -- easy
with
heat-sealable fabric from Seattle Fabrics), and then inside an Aqua-Pac.
This
arrangement sits on the deck of my yak, under the bungies, lanyarded to a
pad
eye, and gets hit with my paddle, my water bottle, bird poop, and other
insults.  Condensation, yes, but **no leaks.**

Second BTW:  get the smaller Aqua-Safe, unless you have a humongus VHF.  You
will be able to get to the buttons much better.

--
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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