For sea kayakers, vhf radios offer a lot more value than walkie talkies. Hand-held VHFs give you long battery life. There are rechargeables that are waterproof, but I prefer those that accept double A batteries. But you'd need to buy two. VHFs and walkie talkies are not communications compatable. douglas San Francisco *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Marcia Tauber <marcia_at_simplymacintosh.com> wrote: >We try to stay in touch via walkie talkie. We have yet to find one with a battery that lasted more than four or five hours. The Cobra FRS radios have an optional NiMH battery pack--these may fit in your radio. If not, look for the NiMH individual rechargeable batteries. Li Ion batteries would work well, too, but are really expensive. Shawn __________________________________________________ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute *************************************************************************** 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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