For Optimal VHF Radio Performance, Do These Things. Nothing affects the performance of your VHF radio more than antenna height. This because VHF waves travel in a straight line and become weaker over ...

The ICOM M93D handheld marine VHF radio has accompanied us aboard many boats in the course of testing boats and creating feature content for Boating, including taking a Yamaha jet boat to the Bahamas.

Plug in a SSB HF radio instead of a VHF FM radio, and tune to the right frequency (usually 10147.6 kHz if using USB. Fun fact: APRS AX.25 uses NRZI encoding, so you can use LSB if you set the ...

Ham radio is having a bit of a resurgence these days, likely due to awards programs like Parks on the Air (POTA) and Summits on the Air (SOTA), which encourage amateur radio operators to head outsi… ...

If you own a VHF radio manufactured in the past 15 years, it has built-in digital selective calling capabilities. The applications of DSC are plentiful, but most of us don’t take full advantage of ...

A handheld VHF radio, like the Icom M94D used for example in this video, proves to be an essential bit of boating equipment. It is more convenient than a phone for calling a fuel dock or marina. And, ...

You might want to consider adding these VHF radios to your economic apocalypse gear and as your going to need to communicate with your fishing buddies as you’re fleeing the Wall Street zombies ...