Bought a used Crestliner Sportfish I/o and really enjoy fishing from the boat. It came with a marine radio, so I have the big antenna stuck out there so I look like a serious fisherman. But I really don't know much about these radios...so here's a few questions:
1. Will the channel 16 on a marine band radio pick up the channel 16 from those $40 "walkie-talkie" hand held units? In other words, given the limited range of a standard hand held unit, can I communicate with one while on my boat?
2. I think my marine unit has about 25 channels. Are these channel frequencies compatible/coordinated across various types of terrestial radios or are the marine frequencies only compatible with other marine radios?
3. Why do these radios have both a 1 watt and a 25 watt power button? Why wouldn't you want to use the higher setting all the time?
4. What would be my best choice for communicating from my home base to the boat? Is my only option a marine band hand held radio? I'm usually fishing on the lake where I live, and my wife will check in from time to time to see if I'm having any luck (hope springs eternal). I know we could use the cell phone, but I'd rather leave it home...I keep telling her that cell phones don't work in boats or golf carts.
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Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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Bought a used Crestliner Sportfish I/o and really enjoy fishing from the boat. It came with a marine radio, so I have the big antenna stuck out there so I look like a serious fisherman. But I really don't know much about these radios...so here's a few questions:
1. Will the channel 16 on a marine band radio pick up the channel 16 from those $40 "walkie-talkie" hand held units? In other words, given the limited range of a standard hand held unit, can I communicate with one while on my boat?
2. I think my marine unit has about 25 channels. Are these channel frequencies compatible/coordinated across various types of terrestial radios or are the marine frequencies only compatible with other marine radios?
3. Why do these radios have both a 1 watt and a 25 watt power button? Why wouldn't you want to use the higher setting all the time?
4. What would be my best choice for communicating from my home base to the boat? Is my only option a marine band hand held radio? I'm usually fishing on the lake where I live, and my wife will check in from time to time to see if I'm having any luck (hope springs eternal). I know we could use the cell phone, but I'd rather leave it home...I keep telling her that cell phones don't work in boats or golf carts.
Anyway, thanks for any advice you can offer.
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