LedJube_at_aol.com wrote: > > Sorry folks, > > Does anyone have personal (or anecdotal) experience with the Standard > HX350S VHF radio? Does it last? Is it honestly submersible, even away from > marketing wonderland? It holds quite a long charge. I use mine without a covering bag (aside from a holster type bag to hold it to one PFD that doesn't have a large enough pocket). I have been in the water in it. Also out on a paddle in which an inch and a half of rain fell on my over the course of a few hours. Lastly, it gets washed of salt water by placing it in a bucket of fresh water for a few minutes and gently scrubbing it with my fingers. It will not, however, be waterproof with its alkaline battery pack, just the Nicad pack. Someone contacted me back channel regarding the radio having seen a posting of mine regarding the Apelco 520 (which I originally had but switched to the Standard HX350S). The person bought a Standard HX350S and took it out with the alkaline pack. Guess what it leaked. I had totally failed to tell him about the alkaline pack situation with all of the radios just assuming that this was common knowledge as it had been so extensively discussed on PaddleWise. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 25 2000 - 05:20:52 PDT
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