Peter Treby wrote: >ICR10 does not appear to be a current model. R20 >(http://www.icom-australia.com/products/receiver/receiver_ic-r20.html) >with a long wire aerial may get suitable reception. >Pricey at $800. It has a recording facility, which could >be useful for the Bureau of Meteorology four-hourly >marine forecasts which are only read once. >Possibly a more compact SSB answer. G'day Peter, Thats a very interesting unit. SSB selectivity looks better than fo the IC-10 so yes it could be a viable unit especially with the external wire as you mentioned. Testing it will be the issue. $800 is a big investment. My guess is that if you can pick up the BOM in the shop then thats probably one of the more difficult environments and it should work well elsewhere. My only two concerns are the very wide coverage it offers which seems to go hand in glove with poor selectivity. But they do call it a communications receiver. And 11 hours isn't much life for a long trip. If you get a chance to test one I'd be very interested to hear your review. All the best, Peter *************************************************************************** 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 Dec 21 2007 - 01:28:49 PST
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