Is there such a thing as a air/marine band vhf handheld, that also does 2
meter? Looking for something waterproof.

Ideas?
Thanks,
Bill

"Ron in Radio Heaven" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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William Longyard wrote:
Is there such a thing as a air/marine band vhf handheld, that also does 2
meter? Looking for something waterproof.


A commercial VHF HT should be able to cover
the marine and 2 meter part OK, but air band
stuff is AM so that would be a problem.
I don't know of anything that does both
AM & FM in a transceiver.

More in the high-end military price range.

73, Ralf DL2MRB

"Ron in Radio Heaven" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
William Longyard wrote:
Is there such a thing as a air/marine band vhf handheld, that also does 2
meter? Looking for something waterproof.


A commercial VHF HT should be able to cover
the marine and 2 meter part OK, but air band
stuff is AM so that would be a problem.
I don't know of anything that does both
AM & FM in a transceiver.

More in the high-end military price range.

73, Ralf DL2MRB

Ron in Radio Heaven wrote:
William Longyard wrote:
Is there such a thing as a air/marine band vhf handheld, that also does 2
meter? Looking for something waterproof.

A commercial VHF HT should be able to cover
the marine and 2 meter part OK, but air band
stuff is AM so that would be a problem.
I don't know of anything that does both
AM & FM in a transceiver.

There was a combined AM/FM modification for the Gonset Communicator. And
the Gonset used to be type-accepted for aircraft band although under the
new spacing it may not be. It's _kind_ of handheld. Not even a little bit
waterproof.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

William Longyard wrote:
Is there such a thing as a air/marine band vhf handheld, that also does 2
meter? Looking for something waterproof.

Ideas?
Thanks,
Bill


have been pretty much the reality. Motorola and a few others make
dual-mode portable transceivers such as seen in Med-Evac helicopters,
etc. The price, even used, can run about $2k. The pure MIL stuff is
nice but without a depot support facility, I'd be very wary. Gonsets
haven't been type accepted for about 25 years owing to overall specs;
frequency stability, receiver bandwidth, ad infinitum. Icom and Yaesu,
of course, make aviation and amateur hand-helds. You might consider
making a dual pack with one from each band and integrate the mic, etc.
The MIL had (has?) an item similar to that. Makes dual mode ops a snap.
That's what I did for CAP and it's always done the job. The only
issue would be waterproof. You'd have to work on that one, if you
really need it to be submersible. If not, a rain-proof pack would do
it. Mine are installed in a small, ballistic nylon pack that keeps the
rain out. Just a thought for you, though. de K3HVG

Thanks to all for these great suggestions, and technical insight. I think
the two-pack is the way to go.

Bill L.


"K3HVG" wrote in message
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William Longyard wrote:
Is there such a thing as a air/marine band vhf handheld, that also does 2
meter? Looking for something waterproof.

Ideas?
Thanks,
Bill have been pretty much the reality. Motorola and a few others make
dual-mode portable transceivers such as seen in Med-Evac helicopters, etc.
The price, even used, can run about $2k. The pure MIL stuff is nice but
without a depot support facility, I'd be very wary. Gonsets haven't been
type accepted for about 25 years owing to overall specs; frequency
stability, receiver bandwidth, ad infinitum. Icom and Yaesu, of course,
make aviation and amateur hand-helds. You might consider making a dual
pack with one from each band and integrate the mic, etc. The MIL had
(has?) an item similar to that. Makes dual mode ops a snap. That's what I
did for CAP and it's always done the job. The only issue would be
waterproof. You'd have to work on that one, if you really need it to be
submersible. If not, a rain-proof pack would do it. Mine are installed
in a small, ballistic nylon pack that keeps the rain out. Just a thought
for you, though. de K3HVG