Wow, so you're saying that your new radio can receive from 6 miles away when
its up 140
feet? That's impressive!

From the inside of a Mercedes 500 doing 80, yep!

RB

Oh yes, I forgot, you can outrun the radio waves in a Mercedes.

Receiving in a car shouldn't be a problem unless you're locked in the trunk. I often use
my old Apelco (the one resurrected from the dead after being submerged for a hour or so,
and has a home made battery pack) in the car because my route to the marina varies if the
harbor is shut down during an LNG delivery. Not only is there a "moving safety zone"
around the tanker, but the Tobin Bridge is closed and cleared, with snipers positioned.

BTW, my primary handheld is a Standard HX460. I don't know how it compares to the Simrad,
but it is metal, seems rather tough, its submersible, comes with 1100 mAh battery plus
AC/DC chargers, and it has WX band.



"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Wow, so you're saying that your new radio can receive from 6 miles away when
its up 140
feet? That's impressive!

From the inside of a Mercedes 500 doing 80, yep!

RB

BTW, my primary handheld is a Standard HX460. I don't know how it compares to
the Simrad,
but it is metal, seems rather tough, its submersible, comes with 1100 mAh
battery plus
AC/DC chargers, and it has WX band.

I'm familiar with it. Very tough radio.

RB