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"S T E V E" wrote in news:JaydnQIR0amG5C_fRVn-
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Would like to hear your thougths about the ICOM M602 VHF radio!
A beautiful, but overly-complex, way to waste a lot of money on something
you'll never need, is my take. My captain bought it because it matches the
M-802 HF SSB rig he bought me so we could use my ham radio license at sea.
You really never need to key in a channel, directly. Ours is mostly used
like a walkie talkie from the Icom "Commander" remote mic at the helm.
Next to the M-602 at our nav station, is an older M-59 which sold for $800
less money. It covers the SAME channels, with the same DSC capability,
with the SAME power output and the SAME modulation/range/coverage as the
M-602...and doesn't take up so much real estate on the panel. M-59 is the
backup VHF on a separate antenna system on the mizzen.
M-602 has some nice features we rarely use....foghorn, a deck hailer that
is also a listening device so sensitive you can hear the crew of the boat
you are coming up on in a race talking about what they want to do to you
and the world's most expensive boat horn. It's quite nicely sealed up
against the weather, unlike the totally stupid M-802 which is open to the
air with a fan that even sucks the sea air into itself for cooling.
If you want the Rolls Royce of VHF radios...buy it. If you're looking for
functionality, buy the little Icom VHF radios at much lower prices.....
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Larry
You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and your outlined in
chalk.
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