"Marty" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
I'm thinking about Christmas :-) and am contemplating a new handheld.
I've owned Standard Horizon radios, currently the HZ350S and a smaller
one, both of which have impressive range and battery life. I'm thinking
about the GPS/DSC enabled SH 850S. Someone have experience with it or can
recommend another, similarly featured VHF?



Jon, I have an ICOM IC-MIV, it's been very good, waterproof, good range ,
exceptional battery life, (manufacturer claims 16 hrs, but I get about 24
and that's with the thing scanning about 20 channels continuously), small,
good audio output,,, just my 2 cents...

Cheers
Martin


Thanks. Does it have GPS/DSC?

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