Subject: Re: [baidarka] VHF Radio Question
From: Mary Jo Cullen (maryjocullen@onlink.net)
Date: Tue Jun 03 2003 - 14:31:45 EDT
The Standard on the two trips around Lake Superior, referred to
previously, was kept in a waterproof bag, in a pocket, on the back of
the life jacket. Although subject to 'splash', it was never submerged.
Mary Jo
On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 02:09 PM, stlowe wrote:
> <I think that Standard most have gone cheap on us. I have a 10 year old
> HX230 and it works great. I do keep it in a radio bag though.
> Everyone I can think of carries their submersible radios in a
> waterproof
> container of some sort; the general consensus around here seems to be
> that "submersible" only means a radio has a better chance of surviving
> saltwater immersion than a "waterproof" radio. The documentation for
> my
> Raytheon claims that the internal electronics, but not the battery
> pack,
> are protected.
>
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