Marine Radios - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Zed · 04-23-2014, 10:26 AM

Question about you w the 6w and Greg w the 5w requirement:
Do you always transmit at the higher wattage?
Ive found that the half power is definitely adequate for kayak and mothership communication. Depending on how much you transmit you can double your battery life.
If I was in distress I would kick up to full wattage. Also w the 2.5w you arent talking over others who dont want to hear your conversations anyway since most of us dont follow. proper radio procedure.

04-23-2014, 10:26 AM	#14
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	Question about you w the 6w and Greg w the 5w requirement: Do you always transmit at the higher wattage? Ive found that the half power is definitely adequate for kayak and mothership communication. Depending on how much you transmit you can double your battery life. If I was in distress I would kick up to full wattage. Also w the 2.5w you arent talking over others who dont want to hear your conversations anyway since most of us dont follow. proper radio procedure. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

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