Hi all, I'm looking for a bit of advice about radios for use on a
sportsboat. I'm considering buying a couple of radios that I can effectively
(but maybe not quite legally) use whilst travelling in convoy through France
in a couple of cars. Then, once at our destination, I intend to use the
radios for communication between boat and shore. The range needs to be
something in the region of 5 to 10 miles, which will rule out the PMR type
of walkie talkie. A marine band setup would be ghood so that I can use it
officially whilst on the boat for coastguard etc. I don't mind doiung a VHF
course so that I can get the necessary licence etc. I'd value comments and
advice as to what might be a good solution. I've looked on e Bay and seen a
few Uniden Atlantis VHF handhelds for about the £95 mark. Would these be a
suitable solution, and what would their range likely to be. Sorry for so
many questions, but I'm new to choosing radios, despite having used them
professionally for 22 years ! Thanks in advance.