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Posted by ki4qpu on 01-21-2010 04:30 PM:

marine radios

Where is the cheapest place to find marine radios? Ebay?

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Posted by Ashley Pratt on 01-21-2010 05:43 PM:

Cabelas sells them. I went to a local shop here in IA and got mine with a magnet mount antennae for $135 and he took regular CB s in on trade. Never bought much off e bay though just prefer kinda knowing who I deal with.

Posted by ki4qpu on 01-21-2010 05:46 PM:

thanks

I will try them out thank you

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Posted by Brett Gragg on 01-24-2010 12:26 AM:

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Posted by tdarsenault on 01-25-2010 12:54 AM:

I just bought a marine radio from cabelas,got a good deal and every thing but they dont sell the antenna. can i put any old vhf antenna on or does it have to be a marine radio antenna?

Posted by Ashley Pratt on 01-25-2010 11:42 PM:

I'm positive you need a marine antennae the other type won't work. Also be sure you don't try it without the right one or you could fry you're radio.

Posted by ki4qpu on 01-26-2010 12:46 AM:

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Originally posted by tdarsenault
I just bought a marine radio from cabelas,got a good deal and every thing but they dont sell the antenna. can i put any old vhf antenna on or does it have to be a marine radio antenna?

I looked at the freq. and it's about 156.000 mhz. If you can find a antenna that has that in it's freq. range it will work. After you buy it go to a local cb shop and have them tune the antenna to 156.000 for the max output.

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Posted by David Boggs on 01-31-2010 03:45 AM:

just bought a new one in nc while bear hunting and you can buy the same one 90.00 cheeper on eby if i was you i would buy a new one on ebay it will save you a lot of cash hope this helps david

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Posted by SHORN on 01-31-2010 04:51 PM:

what brand was it that you bought? if it was $90 cheaper on ebay it must have been a good radio. how much did you pay?

Posted by 3-dogpackleader on 02-01-2010 12:13 AM:

Has anyone heard that marine band radios will burn out the new Garmin DC30 collars if used within 100 yds of them.
Thanks, DJK

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Posted by In Redman Hound on 02-01-2010 04:51 AM:

I bought a set of Nautico VHF Marine band by Midland dont remember the price but they dont get out here to good about 2 miles if your lucky,but in Tn they seem to work alot better.

I just also bought a Marine band Cobra Base for my truck & a Shake Spear Ant. Model MRF45.

So this Ant. needs to be set ???

Why dont the hand helds get out that good I thought I paid pretty good money for them just cant remember how much I got them about a year ago what can I do to get range from hand held to hand held ??? anyone know???

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Posted by David Boggs on 02-01-2010 07:42 AM:

i cant

rember the name but where i bought it it was one of the best you could buy so i was told by the person that sold it to me they where 1 more that cost more but the man recomended the one i bought to be the best so it was wat i bought and all the bear hunters that i hunted with said man that thing will get out i will have jayson look at the name of it 4 me tomarow becalws it is in my aparnent that is on my kinnel and i think on eby it was onley like 125,00 or close to it i think i payed for mine was just a few dollers over 200.00 like mabey 225.00 but i will check and see but no matter wat kind you buy it will be a lot cheeper on eby 4 new ones,hope this helps you out some

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Posted by ki4qpu on 02-01-2010 04:41 PM:

a Shake Spear Ant. Model MRF45.

So this Ant. needs to be set ???

Technically yes. Its like a carburetor on a car: It's made to go on your engine and car but to get optimum performance, it needs to be tuned for each application.

This is coming from years on cb radio and now ham radio hinch my user name. If you tune the antenna, it will perform better.

As for the hand helds think of the radio as a mini microwave. It will only put out 5 to 7 watts because when you talk on it, its against your face. And all radios put out radiation like a microwave, so to be safe they don't allow as much wattage as a mounted radio does. Because you have glass and metal between you and the antenna in your truck so it is safe to run the normal 25 watts they put out. Hope it helps, I will try ebay.

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Posted by In Redman Hound on 02-01-2010 04:54 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by In Redman Hound
I bought a set of Nautico VHF Marine band by Midland dont remember the price but they dont get out here to good about 2 miles if your lucky,but in Tn they seem to work alot better.

I just also bought a Marine band Cobra Base for my truck & a Shake Spear Ant. Model MRF45.

So this Ant. needs to be set ???

Why dont the hand helds get out that good I thought I paid pretty good money for them just cant remember how much I got them about a year ago what can I do to get range from hand held to hand held ??? anyone know???

Thanks

This MRF 45 is the Cobra Radio Model Ant.is a Shakespear Model # is 5241-R when I bought the hand helds they told me should go 12-14 miles NO WAY will they get that.

Thanks

Posted by Ashley Pratt on 02-02-2010 12:23 AM:

I bought a Uniden radio and the shop carried a magnet mount with them. Mine gets out real well. Have reached about 15 miles on a good day but that was getting hard to talk. 5 miles isn't a problem. I don't know much about radios and don't claim to but IMO you're better off to make sure you have the correct antennae to match so you don't ruin the radio. I have also heard the same thing about Garmins burning them up and would recommend turning it off before talking, JMO never tried to see what happens. lol

Posted by Ashley Pratt on 02-02-2010 12:44 AM:

I'll look and let you know what type of antennae he sold too. I'm thinking it's a Whistler or something like that, but I'll read the name and post. Hope this helps.

Posted by In Redman Hound on 02-02-2010 12:58 AM:

Im out of time but would like to ask a few things tom. if I can get the time.Will be back in a few days.

Thanks

Posted by In Redman Hound on 02-02-2010 07:26 PM:

I Called Garmion today they told me ((NOT)) to have my Astro on while I was talking on my Marine Band Radio on turn it ((OFF)) thats coming from ((GARMIN)) !!!

Just thought I would let everyone know what they said !!!

Thank You

REDMAN !!!

Posted by In Redman Hound on 02-02-2010 07:27 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Ashley Pratt
I bought a Uniden radio and the shop carried a magnet mount with them. Mine gets out real well. Have reached about 15 miles on a good day but that was getting hard to talk. 5 miles isn't a problem. I don't know much about radios and don't claim to but IMO you're better off to make sure you have the correct antennae to match so you don't ruin the radio. I have also heard the same thing about Garmins burning them up and would recommend turning it off before talking, JMO never tried to see what happens. lol

Are u talking about a CB type here ???

Thanks

Posted by Ashley Pratt on 02-03-2010 05:33 PM:

I have a handheld and a mobile. Both are Unidens. The truck antennae is similar looking to any CB antennae but I'm almost sure they're different as far as the frequencies. I personally would rather buy one made for a marine radio than risk burning up my radio.

Posted by In Redman Hound on 02-03-2010 11:13 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Ashley Pratt
I have a handheld and a mobile. Both are Unidens. The truck antennae is similar looking to any CB antennae but I'm almost sure they're different as far as the frequencies. I personally would rather buy one made for a marine radio than risk burning up my radio.

YOU ARE RITE U (((MUST))) USE A VHF ANT. IF YOU ARE USEING MARINE BAND RADIOS, IF NOT IT (((WILL BURN))) YOUR RADIO UP !!! U CANT USE A CB ANT. WITH MARINE BAND.IT MIGHT WORK FOR A SHORT TIME THEN ITS DONE. U SHOULD NEVER NEED TO SET A MARINE BAND ANT. THERE ALL THE SAME FEQ.

Posted by Iceman197 on 02-04-2010 01:55 AM:

Garmins and radios

Yes, Redman hound is right about the radios burning up the garmin trackers! I know a couple of hunting crews that bought the garmin trackers this past year to use during the summer and did not know about the problem of using the radios while having the tracker on. Three different crews had their trackers burn up. Garmin says don't even have your radio on/monitor while using the tracker!

Posted by In Redman Hound on 02-04-2010 07:51 AM:

GARMINS

PHONE # IS 1-800-800-1020 IF YOU NEED ANY HELP.

Thank You !!!

REDMAN !!!

Posted by Ashley Pratt on 02-08-2010 03:11 AM:

I haven't tried this but I did read where you can change the collar ID to any number below 30 and your collar will be around 152 mhz and the marine radio is around 156 so it will not hurt anything. I personally have NOT tried this and would rather turn my system off then risk ruining it. Just letting you know.

Posted by Five O on 02-09-2010 06:30 PM:

We fried 2 of the Garmin astros's in one trip. Sent them back to Garmin and they fixed them for free. They said that the problem was fixed and it shouldn't happen again. We'll see I guess

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