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Re: Other: GPS/VHF
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 4/16/2002, 12:09 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: GPS/VHF (Rob Macks)

: RIGHT ON! BROTHER!

: I'd like to hear more chatter out there on those VHF radios from kayakers.

: What I really want to know, is if Jay is transmitting underwater on a
: waterproof VHF radio
: as he's rolling, can I pick up him blubbering on my radio?

VHF's are "line of sight" radios. You can't see him when he's rolling, so I guess you'd have to roll, too, in order to pick up his transmission. ;)

Messages In This Thread

Other: GPS/VHF
Matthew -- 4/13/2002, 11:33 am
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/17/2002, 9:04 pm
Re: Other: GPS -Important foraging tool
!RUSS -- 4/18/2002, 8:53 pm
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
!RUSS -- 4/15/2002, 2:06 pm
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
Rob Macks -- 4/15/2002, 2:31 pm
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
Brian Nystrom -- 4/16/2002, 12:09 pm
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
Shawn Baker -- 4/22/2002, 5:55 pm
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
Brian Nystrom -- 4/23/2002, 1:35 pm
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
Rob Macks -- 4/16/2002, 2:12 pm
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
Brian Nystrom -- 4/15/2002, 12:51 pm
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/15/2002, 10:33 am
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
Rob Macks -- 4/15/2002, 2:16 pm
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
John Monfoe -- 4/14/2002, 6:30 am
GPS/VHF
Pete Roszyk -- 4/13/2002, 8:20 pm
Re: GPS - Cheap is Damn Good
Mike Scarborough -- 4/14/2002, 9:16 am
Re: Other: GPS/VHF
daren neufeld -- 4/13/2002, 4:11 pm
GPS Comments
Mike Scarborough -- 4/13/2002, 12:15 pm