It's a piece of SCG crap. Look at the $1.95 mike that comes with it
off an old CB from 1966! There's no reserve because he got fed up
sending it back to SGC constantly to have it fixed.

Real SSB radios say ICOM on them......M802 is $1695 at sailnet and
$400 for the tuner. Works heavenly. Hold down MODE + TX + 2 for 3
seconds and it's a general coverage transmitter that will tune a 50'
insulated backstay with the AT-140 tuner from 1.6 to 30 Mhz
continuously! I was on 1860 Khz fooling around on 160 meters last
night with it...(c;

Larry W4CSC/MM
S/V Lionheart
Charleston


On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 07:20:33 -0400, hanz
wrote:

John :

look at


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It's a good price


Hanz



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

Larry W4CSC wrote:

Real SSB radios say ICOM on them......M802 is $1695 at sailnet and
$400 for the tuner. ...

*I* would *never* do it because I *always* obey FCC rules but I've heard
of certain scofflaws programing marine SSB channels into $725 Icom 706s
for use with a $200 automatic tuner or even a (gasp) killer-watt
amplifier ... (c:

Vito wrote:

*I* would *never* do it because I *always* obey FCC rules but I've heard
of certain scofflaws programing marine SSB channels into $725 Icom 706s
for use with a $200 automatic tuner or even a (gasp) killer-watt
amplifier ... (c:

The M802 is bi. It comes legal for both ham and marine SSB. They have
actually made it fairly easy to tune ham style.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Glenn Ashmore wrote:

Vito wrote:

*I* would *never* do it because I *always* obey FCC rules but I've heard
of certain scofflaws programing marine SSB channels into $725 Icom 706s
for use with a $200 automatic tuner or even a (gasp) killer-watt
amplifier ... (c:

The M802 is bi. It comes legal for both ham and marine SSB. They have
actually made it fairly easy to tune ham style.


Yes indeed, and for only $975 more .... (c:.

Vito wrote:
Glenn Ashmore wrote:

Vito wrote:


*I* would *never* do it because I *always* obey FCC rules but I've heard
of certain scofflaws programing marine SSB channels into $725 Icom 706s
for use with a $200 automatic tuner or even a (gasp) killer-watt
amplifier ... (c:

The M802 is bi. It comes legal for both ham and marine SSB. They have
actually made it fairly easy to tune ham style.



Yes indeed, and for only $975 more .... (c:.

Now I'm not say'n anything agaist the 706. I ripped those two SM caps
off the top board about 15 minutes after mine arrived. Would have done
it sooner but needed to make sure it worked before I voided the
warranty. :-) Added an AT-11 autotuner kit for another $90. I have
become real attatched to this little bugger and plan to mount it right
next to the M802 for just in case. :-)
--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

What bothers me about the M802 is its openness. The case is open.
The cooling fan is INSIDE pulling the boat's salt-soaked, humid air
into the case where ALL the boards, those cheap little white
connectors they use on the antenna tuner and control cable connection
are all over the boards INSIDE the case. Nothing is sealed, nada.

One wonders if this is actually a catch-all radio used in many
services with simply a different "programmer" front panel to change
the access EEPROM from, say, marine to commercial to ham to whatever.
It's, obviously, NOT a "marine radio", like its SEALED companion M602
sitting right next to it in our panel. I told IcomAmerica they should
have made them the same way, with an external, replaceable fan, if
needed. There isn't any place inside a BOAT that won't make it
corrode......as any sailor knows.



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
What bothers me about the M802 is its openness. The case is open.
The cooling fan is INSIDE pulling the boat's salt-soaked, humid air
into the case where ALL the boards, those cheap little white
connectors they use on the antenna tuner and control cable connection
are all over the boards INSIDE the case. Nothing is sealed, nada.

I was working on a 96 ft yacht, some weeks ago. I was also wondering about
this. Many units from expensive equipment were open: power supply units from
the Sailor VHF's and even the black boxes from all (3) satellite systems.

OTOH, I recently received one of my multiplexers back after a year of
cruising: no oxidation whatsoever. And these are also open to salt air.

Meindert

Does the 802 also transmit on 10 meter ham band?

Bob, AK6R

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
It's a piece of SCG crap. Look at the $1.95 mike that comes with it
off an old CB from 1966! There's no reserve because he got fed up
sending it back to SGC constantly to have it fixed.

Real SSB radios say ICOM on them......M802 is $1695 at sailnet and
$400 for the tuner. Works heavenly. Hold down MODE + TX + 2 for 3
seconds and it's a general coverage transmitter that will tune a 50'
insulated backstay with the AT-140 tuner from 1.6 to 30 Mhz
continuously! I was on 1860 Khz fooling around on 160 meters last
night with it...(c;

Larry W4CSC/MM
S/V Lionheart
Charleston


On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 07:20:33 -0400, hanz
wrote:

John :

look at



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=46 74



It's a good price


Hanz



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 02:32:38 GMT, "Captain Bob"
wrote:

Does the 802 also transmit on 10 meter ham band?

Bob, AK6R

Yes, it does.

To put the M802 in wide-transmit mode (even CB if that's your
question) Hold down MODE + TX together while pressing the number 2
key. To put it back in marine channel transmit only mode, simply
repeat the above.

I open the radio up when I'm aboard so I can chew on the ham bands,
then toggle it back so my not-so-techie captain/owner doesn't get
arrested out of his assigned channels....M802 makes that REAL easy!

The procedure to open it up is taped to the bottom of the chart table
lid, just in case I'm not aboard offshore and he can't get anyone to
answer his distress call on marine bands or GMDSS/DSC, which is fully
configured and working fine on our boat. That way, he can open up the
transmit freqs, switch to one of the ham channels I know someone is on
almost 24/7 like 14.300, 14.313, the various 40 and 75 meter net freqs
and get help.....which IS legal in such an emergency on ANY frequency.

Shhh....don't look in the passageway under the storage bins or you
might find my "secret weapon" to overcome the damned marinas with 70'
towers running 25W parking boats 50 yards from the tower jamming Ch
16. It's a 170W VHF linear amp to be used LEGALLY in the above
emergencies, too. All one needs to do is switch it on. 25W in/170W
out. Every boat should have one....just for emergency comms. Sue me.

Marina shore licenses should all be limited to 1 watt with an antenna
no higher than 20' AGL. The sooner the better for all of us......



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

It's a 170W VHF linear amp . . .

Aren't those a bit pricey?

Midland: 71-3400T 100 Watt VHF Power Amplifier $2,379.00