Capt. JG wrote:
"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?



No, I don't even know if it's still in production, just that I like it,
a plug for ICOM I guess. I've also got a Uniden Atlantis 250, nowhere
near as good, bigger, shorter battery life, doesn't seem to have the
same range, and lower sound quality. Also the ICOM scans about 5 times
faster.

One other thing about the ICOM, it monitors the WX channels without
being told to and immediately goes there if NOAA issues a weather warning.

Cheers
Martin