Sounds good but is it really necessary in VHF? When I sailed, a main
goal was to brake the contact with shore. The Peace of just being AWAY
was one of the main goals of Pneuma, my Dog and myself and crew.


Thom, the Uniden that came with Heart of Gold was just fine. Then the
yard gave us this radio new in the box after a customer's boat was
repo'd. With the second station mic it cost over 400 bucks....It's a
really nice radio, so in it went. Most of the VHF radios out there are
pretty good, though a few recent West Marine and Icom's were lemons. I
just knew posting my "review" of an expensive VHF would send Bob
a-googling!....and off he went.
Oh, and the old Uniden was white and didn't really match the interior!

RB
35s5
NY