I will second Bill’s comment about ram mic vs handheld in cockpit. Aside from wattage and battery charge life there can be other considerations as well.
In September 2014 we were racing in the Prince of Wales race is Halifax aboard the C&C115 Koobalibra. Dave’s Ram mic had died so I brought my almost new handheld aboard from Persistence. It was windy and the mainsheet setup on the C&C115 can lead to entaglement with the Binnacle if not careful during gybes. One gybe in 20 knot TWS resulted in this and when we freed it the handheld VHF exploded all over the cockpit. We recovered the VHS before it went out the transom but the battery was gone and all the knobs and antenna were cleaned right off the top by the main sheet. No one was hurt, Koobalibra suffered no damage and we finished the race with no further incidents. Thankfully Perrsistence had won a Std Horizon HH VHF in a race 2 years earlier so was not without one. Mike Hoyt Persistence Halifax, NS www.hoytsailing.com From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of Bill Coleman via CnC-List Sent: July 6, 2020 4:47 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Bill Coleman <colt...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List VHF Radio with Outside Extension Mic I could never go back to not having A RAM mic in the cockpit, a handheld is a PIA. Having said that, that is exactly the situation I find myself in now, and just the thought of running the cable up to the cabin has me procrastinating. Like Alan sez, there is a very good chance the existing cable will work with newer mic, or the current cable they sell may work with your older one. There are several on Ebay. Also, if you get another, S-H just came out with a new radio, GX2400, which I just missed getting by a day. Bill Coleman Erie PA
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