Since the DSC antenna on the IC-M802 is recieve-only,
i was planning on using the Furuno FAX-5 active antenna
which can be shared for multiple receivers.

The FAX-5 works with the new NX-300
LCD NAVTEX receiver, their more raditional thermal FAX/NAVTEX units,
and the new NAVNET "black box" Navtex/Fax receiver which
speaks (TA DA!!) IP!! it actually has a tiny web
server inside you can use to look at the pix and
the navtex! so how cool is that???

on our new boat, the FAX-5 will serve the Furuno fax/navtex
unit, an ICOM-PC1000 general-purpose receiver, and
the IC-M802 DSC input. 802 XMIT will be on a Digital Antenna
SSB stick with the 802's matching tuner. (AT-401??? i forget)

btw - i forgot to ask the Icom guys at Ft. Lauderdale, but
does the 802 come stock with the high-stability LO ??

-mo