[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by macojoe

I go thur radios like every 3 years or so, and I have always thought that these att, should be matched up like are old CB's?? I use to run a Cobra 2000 side band with all the extra channels with 250 watt boost There was not many that were talking over me!

So Destroyer do you match your marine radio?? And is it like doing a CB??
Just got a brand new one from my wife for Xmas and looks like a good one, Icom IC M422

I had a freq counter so I also had the extra channels. LOL Uncle Charlie used to love us. As to matching the marine radio, truthfully, no, I don't MJ. I don't know why, but I've just never gotten back into the whole business. I still have my SWR meter (Still have my base station too [and my D104 lollypop mike] for that matter.) and I'm sure I could find the necessary literature to tell me if my antenna is a 1/2 wave or 5/8 or whatever, then try and measure out the right amount of cable etc, but since I'm only going line of sight with VHF it kinda seemed like a useless exercise. Besides, ...since you can't adjust the height of a fiberglass whip (to change the wave length) the only tuning you can do is on the cable side, and if the antenna comes with the cable attached at the antenna side I'm hesitant to cut a lot off.... So I generally just leave well enough alone except for the pl259 connector.

I like the Icom radios. I know several people that have them and they seem to hold up well to the rigors of boating. Right now I'm running a Uniden Oceanus DSC that I love, but when the time comes to replace it, Icom will be on my short list.