Uniden radios continue to impress us: The UM625c boasts a smorgasbord of cool — and useful — features, and it performed well in our bench testing.

In the past year, Practical Sailor has put two-dozen fixed-mount VHF radios through their paces and selected our favorites from three different price categories. Even with coverage that extensive, one radio eluded us: the Uniden UM625c.

This recently released radio did not become available until after we went to press with the last of our three-part VHF series. With a price tag of $299 it is about $50 above the maximum price of our mid-priced radio group and just hits the minimum price we assigned for our high-end VHF radio test. In that evaluation, the Icom M602 earned a top pick and the Standard Horizon Quantum GX2360S received our Best…