Handheld vhf for around the £100 mark

[John Kennett]

Strangely not! There’s nothing wrong with the Icom but the Standard Horizon is just a better deal.

[HDAV]

Originally Posted by Tim M

Marginally more expensive is the Icom M25 which floats:

https://www.marinesuperstore.com/mar...held-vhf-radio

I've got one of these and its a pretty solid unit. You can't go wrong with Icom IMHO

The hx300e floats.......

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And has a 3yr waterproof guarantee

[beerbelly]

not sure about the standard horizon but the icom wont transmit when its in floating flashing mode so if you fall overboard with fastened to your jacket its of no more use to you than a flashing beacon.( I have a hx300 because it was cheaper too )

[ShinyShoe]

Originally Posted by beerbelly

not sure about the standard horizon but the icom wont transmit when its in floating flashing mode so if you fall overboard with fastened to your jacket its of no more use to you than a flashing beacon.( I have a hx300 because it was cheaper too )

That seems like a serious flaw. Can you switch the flash off, so you then can transmit? Even if you can - I'd prefer to not have to faff if I'm in the drink.

[Poly]

Originally Posted by ShinyShoe

That seems like a serious flaw. Can you switch the flash off, so you then can transmit? Even if you can - I'd prefer to not have to faff if I'm in the drink.

There’s nothing about it in the manual but it says it stops flashing as soon as you press a key. Not sure if that includes the PTT.

[HDAV]

I turned the strobe on my standard off it was going off so often it was draining he battery! I don’t go out at night so it’s of limited use.....

[beerbelly]

Originally Posted by Poly

There’s nothing about it in the manual but it says it stops flashing as soon as you press a key. Not sure if that includes the PTT.

not sure if ptt switches it off I was going to buy the icom as my main is icom and I like things the same . but while researching budget hand held I read online somewhere of a guy fell off his yacht and it wouldn't transmit while in flashing mode so I asked the guy in the chandlery and he confirmed it so I bought the hx instead