Peter, I have a pair of Raytheon 105's as well as a non-waterproof ICOM, and the 105's have definitely been waterproof. I have them tethered to 4 "key ring" floats that I picked up from a power boat shop, this gives them enough flotation to actually float. I've had them for 6-8 years and had one warranty replacement. When I first purchased them I took them down and tied them behind my kayak and towed them, and then dropped them into an outboard motor test tank with an outboard running in it to see if they were really waterproof and they continued to work (the one that was replaced failed about 2-4 years later). The nice thing with the warranty was that Raytheon had me ship in the unit, asked a few questions and replaced it, this was a much more pleasant experience than the one I had with Cannon over a waterproof camera that leaked, which I ended up paying for, and their repair resulted in a camera that died a few weeks later. I do have a question for Ralph. Where do you purchase new NiCads for the Ray-105's that you use? Thanks - Saul *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jul 28 2000 - 06:33:48 PDT
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