Ham Radio
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"Ham" Radio
As used aboard a boat.
Description
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Operator Requirements
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Choosing a radio
Thinking about upgrading, replacing or acquiring an HF Radio for your Cruising Boat (Ham or SSB)? Probably as difficult as choosing a new engine or even a new yacht. Technology in most other electronic equipment found on today's yachts has developed at a fantastic pace. The HF Radio's most obvious advance has been in its miniaturisation. It's interactivity functions for GPS systems, for emailing at sea, for weather reports and files, etc, etc.
However, on the downside - the majority of models are blessed with a multiplicity of features and functions that require at least a rocket scientist to operate, many that few cruisers will ever use. There a few HF radios in current production that meet the few basic criteria needed for the average yacht and for the average cruiser and crew.
- A list of the criteria in no specific order
- a) Ideal Size : no larger than 8" wide x 2 1/2" high x 6" depth.
- b) Output: 10 Watts min x 150 Watts max
- c) Operate even on 11 1/2 volts
- d) Covering all normal amateur bands
- e) Simplex and duplex enabled
- f) Memory bank for min 50 frequencies
- g) Interference and Noise elimination
- h) Press button Antenna tuning
- i) Frequency tuned at the roll of a knob
- j) Mike gain control
- k) Less than a $1,000 US - (if you are lucky)
- l) Truly marine - the case does not rust!
- Here are but a few radios that will fit easily into a cruising yacht, being small in size.
- Icom 706 MkIIG
- Icom 7000
- Icom F 7000
- Kenwood TS-480SAT
- Kenwood TS-50
- Yaesu FT-817ND
- Yaesu FT-857D
- Yaesu FT-897D
Publications
Forum Discussions
Links to discussion topics on the CruiserLog forum
External Links
- HF Radio at sea by Richard Mogford - A first class article on setting up HF on a cruising yacht.
Personal Notes
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