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<blockquote data-quote="raider" data-source="post: 24987" data-attributes="member: 353"><p>i've had 2 hard wired with 8' antennas in 2 other boats, also still have a handheld... i think that with vhf it is almost line of sight from one antenna to another... with the curvature of the earth it really cuts down the range... with the 8' antenna i prolly used it up to 10 miles at the hook once or twice, but that was pretty sketch... just have a handheld now mainly for fishing with other buddies on canadian trips...</p><p></p><p>fwiw, i have a portable wilson cell phone booster (bout $400???) that plugs into a 12 volt socket that i throw in the boat for emergencies in the summer... if tshtf, even if you don't have good enough signal for a call, text a pic of the gps coordinates of your graph to a buddy... a text will go through with little signal, and he will know what to do, and they will know exactly there you were when the pic was taken...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raider, post: 24987, member: 353"] i've had 2 hard wired with 8' antennas in 2 other boats, also still have a handheld... i think that with vhf it is almost line of sight from one antenna to another... with the curvature of the earth it really cuts down the range... with the 8' antenna i prolly used it up to 10 miles at the hook once or twice, but that was pretty sketch... just have a handheld now mainly for fishing with other buddies on canadian trips... fwiw, i have a portable wilson cell phone booster (bout $400???) that plugs into a 12 volt socket that i throw in the boat for emergencies in the summer... if tshtf, even if you don't have good enough signal for a call, text a pic of the gps coordinates of your graph to a buddy... a text will go through with little signal, and he will know what to do, and they will know exactly there you were when the pic was taken... [/QUOTE]
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