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Bruce Gordon wrote in news:bruceg-1A3AEB.11054925092003
@netnews.worldnet.att.net:

In article 3f70b497.1792359@news-server, wrote:

Any ideas on the best ssb for a cruiser to buy?


We've been using a SEA 235 with good success as both a ham and ssb
set. It works very well with Pactor II and III at 150 pep, but may
need an optional fan when used with digital modes that drive the radio
at full power for a long time. Woth a look if you are primarily an
ssb or sked type, DXer's will not be happy with it.

Cheers,

-- Tom




Sea 235 was one of the best Marine SSB Radio's that SEA ever built.
It has some of the best DSP Code ever written for communications
devices. Bill Forgey and Mark Johnson really outdid themselves
on that radio.

Bruce in alaska

I have a SEA 235 that I use all of the time in the Caribbean with a 23'
Shakespear ship antennae. Everyone always comments what I great signal I
have. I also have great SailMail reception with a Pactor. I like the
human interface MUCH better than that of the Icom's. However, you can find
lots of people to repair the Icoms, but not the SEAs.

-- Geoff

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In article ,
"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote:

Bruce Gordon wrote in news:bruceg-1A3AEB.11054925092003
@netnews.worldnet.att.net:

In article 3f70b497.1792359@news-server, wrote:

Any ideas on the best ssb for a cruiser to buy?


We've been using a SEA 235 with good success as both a ham and ssb
set. It works very well with Pactor II and III at 150 pep, but may
need an optional fan when used with digital modes that drive the radio
at full power for a long time. Woth a look if you are primarily an
ssb or sked type, DXer's will not be happy with it.

Cheers,

-- Tom




Sea 235 was one of the best Marine SSB Radio's that SEA ever built.
It has some of the best DSP Code ever written for communications
devices. Bill Forgey and Mark Johnson really outdid themselves
on that radio.

Bruce in alaska

I have a SEA 235 that I use all of the time in the Caribbean with a 23'
Shakespear ship antennae. Everyone always comments what I great signal I
have. I also have great SailMail reception with a Pactor. I like the
human interface MUCH better than that of the Icom's. However, you can find
lots of people to repair the Icoms, but not the SEAs.

-- Geoff

I suspect that is very true now that SEA is basically "gone out of
business". Last time I talked to them they still were serviceing the
GMDSS stuff and the 235's, but that was a year ago and I haven't talked
to them since. If you get stuck for service, get a hold of Don
Hollingsworth (either Sr. or Jr.) at G & L Marine Radio in Seattle, Wa.
These two guys have the most experience with SEA Marine Radio's as anyone
in the world, and if they can't fix it, it can't be fixed. Sr. has been
around the marine electronics bussiness longer than I have, and is the
BEST Radarman on the West Coast. Jr. is as capable as any of the Best
Radiomen on the West Coast, and G & L Marine has an exceptional
reputation in the North Pacific Fleet, as far as service is concerened.

Bruce in alaska Who used to be in the business for 30 years.
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I have an SEA 235R with their tuner and love it. Last I knew they were still in
business. Stay away from SGC radios, although their coupler can't be beat.

John
Westsail 43
Trinidad, West Indies

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(Truelove39) wrote:

I have an SEA 235R with their tuner and love it. Last I knew they were still
in
business. Stay away from SGC radios, although their coupler can't be beat.

One thing that is not generally known is that SGC STOLE and Duplicated
the SEA 1612B Autotuner design from SEA and that was and is the basis
of all their autotune products. This was so blatant that they didn't
even remove the Copyright Notice burned into the Prom. I know the guy's
who did the original design work for SEA and reverse engineered the
design from the Motorola HF Autotune Coupler, that Bill Shilb took
with him when he left Motorola, and came out west to Seattle. The SEA
Guy's completely rewrote the code that tunes the system and added a bunch
of new features to make it actually work. I was an "Origianl Beta
Tester" for the SEA Tuner Products starting with the SEA1602 and I did
much of the testing on each suscessive model that followed. I worked
with all the SEA Engineers, back when we all worked at Northern Radio
Company before it went out of business, and they went on to start SEA.
The SGC fellows, mostly can't design their way out of a "Wet Paper Bag"
when compared to SEA, Icom, or any quality Design Group.

Bruce in alaska
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