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Volume 35
Number 7
July 2009

Feature-loaded High-end Handheld VHF Radios

Eight handhelds over $130 face performance, battery life, and durability tests.

Like the inexpensive handheld VHFs we reviewed in the April 2009 issue, high-end radios are handy to have as backups to a fixed VHF or to include in an emergency ditch bag. However, shelling out a few extra bucks for the high-end units will get you added features and upgrades, and a handheld VHF that is better equipped for duty as a primary VHF for coastal sailors. While handheld radios typically will not transmit and receive at distances as great as fixed models, they do have the portability factor going for them. Sailors who plan to carry only a handheld VHF

HX750S

The HX750S was one of three Standard Horizon radios we tested that floats. All of the test radios are waterproof.

would do well to invest in one of the…

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