Marine vhf Radio

[ping1968]

Lake Erie took my(pop spill) on myVhf radio any sugestion what to buy thanks.

 

[jhebert]

Re: Recommendation for VHF Marine Band radio

Re: Recommendation for VHF Marine Band radio

You want to get a VHF Marine Band radio with digital selectiive calling (or DSC). After March 25, 2011 a recreational boat voluntarily equipped with a DSC-rated VHF Marine Band radio must have a radio that is a CLASS-D DSC rating.

I recommend Standard-Horizon radios for the following reasons:

--excellent quality of transmitter modulation
--ease of operation of advanced features
--excellent support from U.S.-based customer service
--lower price compared to competitor radios with same features

The Standard-Horizon GX1100S model is probably the least expensive CLASS-D rated DSC radio available. The GX2000 model is more expensive, but provides a better receiver.

DO NOT BUY a non-DSC rated radio or a DSC-radio rated only to RTCM SC-101. In 2011 the FCC will be outlawing the sale of [RCM SC-101] radios, and you may find some retailers will be trying to clear out their inventory of these radios. For more information see:

http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=mtDsc

 

[ralphl]

Re: Marine vhf Radio

what is the downside (problem) with these older radios? Millions of us have them!!

 

[jhebert]

Re: Marine vhf Radio

[W]hat is the downside (problem) with these older radios? Millions of us have them.

The United States is a participant nation in the Global Marine Distress and Safety System (GMSSS), which began planning revisions to marine radio in 1992. The United States has invested a great deal of money upgrading the Coast Guard's radio watch keeping system, now known as Rescue-21 (as in 21st Century). Vessels equipped with DSC radios will work more effectively with Rescue-21.

http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/rescue21/project.asp

The Coast Guard explains their support for DSC in this document:

http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/doc/whydsc.txt

Also, the more DSC radios in use in the fleet of recreational vessels, the more likely a MAYDAY call from another DSC radio will be heard.

More on GMDSS:
http://www.imo.org/About/mainframe.asp?topic_id=389

The cost of a new CLASS-D DSC radio is not particularly high; for $150 you can get an excellent radio. Getting a new radio is not a bad idea. About half of the recreational boats I hear using their VHF Marine Band radio appear to have serious problems with their installation and would benefit from a new radio.

 

[Moody Blue]

Re: Marine vhf Radio

Lake Erie took my(pop spill) on myVhf radio any sugestion what to buy thanks.

Translation please .

 

[Expidia]

Re: Marine vhf Radio

Translation please .

Pop is probably soda, coke etc. I think he means it spilled over and soaked his current radio and it's fried.

I grew up in Boston MA and we called Coke . . . Soda.

I think New Yorkers called it "pop"

Unless he means his "Pop" as in Father spilled his soda on his radio because of a Lake Erie wave If that's the case then Pop should spring (as in pay out some dollars) for another radio

Then again . . Pop . . . his good friend, drank to much and threw up all over his VHF radio.

There I've given you 3 possible scenarios . . . pick one hahahahaha

 

[jhebert]

Re: Marine vhf Radio

I do not intend to mislead people into thinking they MUST get a CLASS-D DSC radio, but, to make an analogy to television receivers, getting a non-DSC and thus a non-CLASS-D-DSC radio would be like going out and buying a black-and-white standard-definition television receiver instead of getting a color high-definition television receiver. It makes no sense to step back 20-years in VHF Marine Band radio technology, and particularly when the new CLASS-D DSC radios are so modestly priced.