On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:25:58 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I'm not an Icom guy and aren't all that familiar with their radios
other than what I hear.

I know they make a version of that radio for marine use - maybe the
502?

The 802 *is* a marine radio but it is also easy to use it on the ham
bands, closely approximating VFO mode when used that way.