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Handheld VHF Radios: Standard Horizon, Icom Dominate

Marine Electronics April 15, 2002

Handheld VHF radios appear to be one of the few areas in the marine electronics market that shows continuous change and improvement. Most models...

Choose Your Own Seductions

Marine Electronics March 11, 2002

Here's a letter and response we were going to run in Mailport this month, but we'll run it in this space instead: ----------As I...

To See and Be Seen

Marine Electronics January 15, 2002

The subject of radar reflectors around yacht club bars is usually dominated by an almost infinite variety of anecdotal tales, most of which have...

Family Radios

Marine Electronics December 17, 2001

Five years ago, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized the use of 14 high-frequency channels for low power “walkie-talkies,” its intent was to...

Five GPS Handhelds

Marine Electronics November 13, 2001

Yes, it's again time to look at handheld GPS receivers, which have now officially become a consumer commodity. Sales of receivers to hikers,...

Electric Propulsion: Solomon Technologies’ High-Wire Act

Marine Electronics November 13, 2001

As much as we like to believe that we're purists when it comes to sailing, the auxiliary engine is obviously very important to most...

Website Shopping at the Big Four

Marine Electronics September 19, 2001

As a marketplace, the Worldwide Web promises new convenience—linking consumers to a limitless supply of goods that can be had with the speed of...

Ozone Machine Update

Marine Electronics September 19, 2001

Slightly more than 10 years ago, Practical Sailor took note of the odor- and mildew-destroying capabilities of a machine called an ozone generator. In...

Fixed-Mount VHF Radios: Icom Dominates

Marine Electronics July 11, 2001

The M402 performed very well. Receive audio quality was excellent, especially for such a small radio. We liked Icom's channel tagging (also included on...

Tri-Lens Radar Reflector

Marine Electronics July 11, 2001

In the September 1995 issue, we reported results of radar reflector testing done at the Stanford Research Institute in Palo Alto, California. This was...