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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:11 pm
by prowlersfish
The best back up to a fixed mount VHF is a Fixed mount VHF Even when hooked up to a normal ant. you still only have 5 watts , Thats why i am adding a second fixed mount to the upper helm ( I do carry 2 hand helds) plus a fixed mount on the lower
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:12 pm
by prowlersfish
BTW the winner is ICOM I ordered a 504 today
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:18 pm
by rossjo
The handheld is good for the ditch bag (ACR ditch bags are fantastic), along with your EPIRB, some clothes, a hat, a towel, some snacks, water and a couple beers
Paul - let me know what you think of the 504 vs 502 ... what new features did you get?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:39 pm
by prowlersfish
new features ? what ever it comes with I did not order the comand mike or anything like that no need IMO
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:13 am
by k9th
prowlersfish wrote:The best back up to a fixed mount VHF is a Fixed mount VHF Even when hooked up to a normal ant. you still only have 5 watts , Thats why i am adding a second fixed mount to the upper helm ( I do carry 2 hand helds) plus a fixed mount on the lower
So Paul, why do you only have 5 watts on a fixed mount VHF? I thought most modern radios had low and high power with low being 1 watt and high being 25 watts.
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:49 am
by prowlersfish
k9th wrote:prowlersfish wrote:The best back up to a fixed mount VHF is a Fixed mount VHF Even when hooked up to a normal ant. you still only have 5 watts , Thats why i am adding a second fixed mount to the upper helm ( I do carry 2 hand helds) plus a fixed mount on the lower
So Paul, why do you only have 5 watts on a fixed mount VHF? I thought most modern radios had low and high power with low being 1 watt and high being 25 watts.
I Have 25 watts I was responding to Sea Play'n who uses a hand held hook up to a large ant , as a back up .
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:33 am
by rossjo
I think he was referring to the handheld, which maxes out at 5W.
The 2100 is just an AIS receiver
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:06 pm
by dollarbill
Also you don't need to have a separate antenna for the 2100 since it is just a receiver. Do you have an AIS transmitter?
The AIS will be great when it becomes more prevalent for casual users. If you operate in shipping areas, the more useful it is now.
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:12 pm
by prowlersfish
I am near busy shipping lanes ( port of Hampton roads) But I don't feel I need AIS big ships are easy to see and not hard to contact . When small boats have it then then it would be more useful as you you can miss them even on radar and are more likely no looking out .
The small screen on the 2100 would be very crowed in a busy port and a I would hate to see if all boats had AIS it would be a blur .
I would opp for a bigger screen at that time
And no I do not have a AIS transmitter
AIS Continued on the 2100
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:27 pm
by dollarbill
I was talking to a couple that was making their way down the ICW and they said it was pretty useful because of the proximity of larger traffic in a tight area. I got to take a quick peak at their set up. Screen is small but whoever rigged it up for them has it running through their plotter and AIS info was displayed at both helm stations.
I thought their set up was pretty neat and this AIS stuff may just be the real deal. I looked online for the 2100 Std Horizon and you can get one for $350 - that's alot of techno bang for the buck IF it works out for your boating area.
Boating on an interior lake like I do, my problem is 70 mph bass boats and go fast boats. Not barges and tankers.
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:04 pm
by prowlersfish
I install the 504 and used it , I feel I made a very good choice