On 8 Apr 2005 at 17:39, Dave Kruger wrote: > After that, go for a JIS-7-rated unit: waterproof for 30 minutes > three feet under the surface. > > And, lithium battery. Strongly agree with both recommendations. But get a waterproof bag anyway. Seal Line makes some nice radio drybags - one model even allows an external speaker/mic to be used. > Then, they are all pretty good, and it gets down to which bell or > whistle you like. These days, almost all handhelds have the same basic feature set - All channels, including WX, dual or triple scan, 1 or 5 watt operation etc. You can get such bells and whistles as built-in GPS, built-in FRS, emergency SOS strobe, DSC emergency broadcast capability etc. The big problem is that the lithium batteries usually are only sold with units that have a lot of features. Hence, the lithium ($$$) and the (superfluous) features ($$$) add up. 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Apr 08 2005 - 23:30:58 PDT
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