Marine VHF Radios

i4110peter · #1 03-29-2011, 12:59 PM

Spring is arriving and the spring Chinook are running - looking for a marine VHF radio under $200. Any suggestion would be appreciated. Anxious to get "Oh 4 Pete's Sake" back in the water!

spareparts · #2 03-29-2011, 05:25 PM

ICOM, its the only way to go

macojoe · #3 03-29-2011, 05:50 PM

i just got a icom for xmas, going to be great!!

spareparts · #4 03-29-2011, 07:14 PM

when you watch "deadliest catch" look around in the wheel house of those boats, they all have an ICOM VHF, most of them the plain old 305. Put your money into a good antenna.

captpete13 · #5 03-29-2011, 07:49 PM

we use Standard VHF's on all our tow boats. They seem to hold up well

fishnfetch · #6 03-29-2011, 08:02 PM

i had a standard and an icom in my last boat. cant go wrong with either one and as someone else said, buy a good antena and mount it as high as possible

reelapeelin · #7 03-30-2011, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spareparts

when you watch "deadliest catch" look around in the wheel house of those boats, they all have an ICOM VHF, most of them the plain old 305. Put your money into a good antenna.

True!!...a great radio w/a poor antenna is a waste of a good radio!!...

step up here · #8 03-30-2011, 12:29 PM

dont think you can buy a poor quality vhf anymore.back in the middle sixties i went from a three or four channel ray jeff to icoms. the interesting thing is the cost. what a great high tech world we live in.