On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:03:09 GMT, "Gordon" wrote:

For a cruising sailboat?
Gordon



It used to be that most marine SSBs were next to impossible to use as
ham radios and vice versa. That is no longer true. Get a decent modern
marine SSB configured to do ham frequencies as well. Then you can
*legally* do both and you will have a radio that was designed to be in
a damp salt water environment.
73
Joe