One of the reasons I chose the 350 instead of the 460 (they both seem to have the large numerals) was the flexability of power. I have several LI battery items and if you can't recharge, you are out of luck. The 350 allows one to carry spare AA cells for power if you run out of power in an emergency or long trip. May be infrequent or unusual but my VHF is a just in case item mostly anyhow. The 460 is a very nice looking radio with the functions of the 350 plus maybe a few others. --Mel-- =^..^= Cell: (937) 232-6472 Pager: (888) 704-4169 http://melskayakpage.homestead.com http://www.mellammers.net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Foldableseayakers mslammers_at_mellammers.net foldableseayakers_at_yahoogroups.com Mike Daly Wrote: Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:37:50 -0500 From: "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_home.com> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] VHF HX350S From: "Jernigan Brian (nbd1bpj)" <nbd1bpj_at_ups.com> >The new model is the HX 460. It > has all the bells and whistles of the 350, comes with AC and DC chargers, > but it's about 1/2 the size. One of the nice features that attracted some of us auld fahrts with failing eyesight was the 350's large display. Does this new model have a puny display? (I haven't found one on a web page anywhere.) Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mel Lammers" <mslammers_at_earthlink.net> > One of the reasons I chose the 350 instead of the 460 (they both seem to > have the large numerals) was the flexability of power. I have several LI > battery items and if you can't recharge, you are out of luck. The 350 > allows one to carry spare AA cells for power if you run out of power in an > emergency or long trip. May be infrequent or unusual but my VHF is a just > in case item mostly anyhow. The 460 is a very nice looking radio with the > functions of the 350 plus maybe a few others. I have not seen the 460 in person, just in the catalogs, but probably will get one. I have the 350 already. The 460 will give me some flexibility and, more importantly, I can have my wife use one of the two. We don't normally separate if we are paddling just the two of us. But it isn't a bad idea for her to have a radio anyway in case of an accident. Moreover, when we paddle in groups we often do wind up pretty far apart as she chats with some one or wants to see the shoreline. It might be good to be able to communicate with her in those instances. Maybe we will use both radios in our double! :-) Unlike the experience of some PaddleWisers, my wife is the opposite; she won't let me cut corners when it comes to wearing cold water protection, choice of boat color, etc. Sometimes on the edges of winter, especially the first month of it, I am inclined to still try to get away with a wet suit. She frowns on that and I have to wear the dry suit instead. I can be pretty stupid. I have mentioned several cases before but in light of this discussion they do bear repeating. Occasion One: I was visiting Klepper in Germany in 1993 in March or April and was given the opporunity to be the first non-factory person to paddle a new model. The owner of the company would hear nothing of my request to use a PFD ("It would embarrass me and Klepper") even though they did have them on sale in the factory. As for cold water gear (the lakes had just thawed a week or two earlier and would have been at 40 degrees at best) no dice. So there I was paddling two miles out into a lake to an island, no PFD, no pump, no extra flotation, no paddle float; nothing between me and cold water than a paddle jacket, nylon pants and polypro shirt and pants. It was unbelievably stupid. Occasion Two: When I was arranging the cover photos for my book I started thinking about the situation regarding having the people wearing PFDs. Sea kayaking books didn't always have them on the cover; the mags also often did not such as Sea Kayaker and Canoe (now Canoe & Kayak; the editor/publisher at the time was always pictured without a PFD in the photo accompanying his Publisher's Letter; he later was called to task for it and remedied this) and many ads in the mags didn't have PFDs on people on the water. I was concerned that having PFDs might be construed as the boats being unsafe and I was really trying to get a positive message across about folding kayaks. So I said let's not have the people in PFDs. The photographer, Janice Lozano of Atlantic Kayak Tours who was doing the photo as a favor (the publisher did wind up paying her) put her foot down and said "wear PFDs." So we did. Again, I was being stupid. 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 - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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