[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (i.e. headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] Alex, I think most folks on here would agree that the point of vulnerability is the battery compartment of any brand and style of handheld VHF..the manufacturers do their best but they can't make a totally water impermeable seal between a removable battery pack and the radio body.. I have heard of such problems with all brands... -----Original Message----- > And remember, all radios are NOT WATERPROOF, whatever their rating.. treat > as you would any piece of electrical equipment around saltwater...and keep > it in a drybag.. I don't have any radio (so far), but have heard such opinion more than once. Did you (or anybody who reads this) had any hermeticity problems or symptoms of corrosion with ICOM M1V *not* kept in dry bag? (this particular one seems to be the cheapest among a good ones). *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jun 17 2003 - 04:56:26 PDT
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