vhf ICOM VS STD HORIZON

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:11 pm

The best back up to a fixed mount VHF is a Fixed mount VHF Even when hooked up to a normal ant. you still only have 5 watts , Thats why i am adding a second fixed mount to the upper helm ( I do carry 2 hand helds) plus a fixed mount on the lower

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:12 pm

BTW the winner is ICOM I ordered a 504 today

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:18 pm

The handheld is good for the ditch bag (ACR ditch bags are fantastic), along with your EPIRB, some clothes, a hat, a towel, some snacks, water and a couple beers

Paul - let me know what you think of the 504 vs 502 ... what new features did you get?

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:39 pm

new features ? what ever it comes with I did not order the comand mike or anything like that no need IMO

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:13 am

prowlersfish wrote:The best back up to a fixed mount VHF is a Fixed mount VHF Even when hooked up to a normal ant. you still only have 5 watts , Thats why i am adding a second fixed mount to the upper helm ( I do carry 2 hand helds) plus a fixed mount on the lower

So Paul, why do you only have 5 watts on a fixed mount VHF? I thought most modern radios had low and high power with low being 1 watt and high being 25 watts.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:49 am

k9th wrote:
prowlersfish wrote:The best back up to a fixed mount VHF is a Fixed mount VHF Even when hooked up to a normal ant. you still only have 5 watts , Thats why i am adding a second fixed mount to the upper helm ( I do carry 2 hand helds) plus a fixed mount on the lower
So Paul, why do you only have 5 watts on a fixed mount VHF? I thought most modern radios had low and high power with low being 1 watt and high being 25 watts.

I Have 25 watts I was responding to Sea Play'n who uses a hand held hook up to a large ant , as a back up .

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:33 am

I think he was referring to the handheld, which maxes out at 5W.

dollarbill · Post by **dollarbill** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:06 pm

Also you don't need to have a separate antenna for the 2100 since it is just a receiver. Do you have an AIS transmitter?

The AIS will be great when it becomes more prevalent for casual users. If you operate in shipping areas, the more useful it is now.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:12 pm

I am near busy shipping lanes ( port of Hampton roads) But I don't feel I need AIS big ships are easy to see and not hard to contact . When small boats have it then then it would be more useful as you you can miss them even on radar and are more likely no looking out .

The small screen on the 2100 would be very crowed in a busy port and a I would hate to see if all boats had AIS it would be a blur .

I would opp for a bigger screen at that time

And no I do not have a AIS transmitter

dollarbill · Post by **dollarbill** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:27 pm

I was talking to a couple that was making their way down the ICW and they said it was pretty useful because of the proximity of larger traffic in a tight area. I got to take a quick peak at their set up. Screen is small but whoever rigged it up for them has it running through their plotter and AIS info was displayed at both helm stations.

I thought their set up was pretty neat and this AIS stuff may just be the real deal. I looked online for the 2100 Std Horizon and you can get one for $350 - that's alot of techno bang for the buck IF it works out for your boating area.

Boating on an interior lake like I do, my problem is 70 mph bass boats and go fast boats. Not barges and tankers.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:04 pm

I install the 504 and used it , I feel I made a very good choice

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vhf ICOM VS STD HORIZON

The 2100 is just an AIS receiver

AIS Continued on the 2100