"Bobsprit" wrote in message

If you're looking for something to occupy the idle hours on the hook, try
2M. Can't be beat for just yakking, and everyone ashore wants to make
marine mobile contacts. They almost line up to talk with you.


What's the deal with 2M range-wise? I thought it worked good range with
repeaters only...not sure, I'm on the learning curve with all of this.

2M is VHF, so it's line-of-sight. But there are repeaters nearly
everywhere. Difficult to make contact simplex. About the only way to
initiate contact is to bring up a repeater and announce your presence.

Max