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Article: Talk Of The Town: These VHF radios offer state-of-the-art technology and excellent value.(Electronics: Raymarine/ICOM/Standard-Horizon/Furuno)(Review)(Buyers Guide)
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- Motorboating
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- December 1, 2004
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Byline: Dan Fales
Step right up, folks, I have a holiday deal for you. VHF radios have never been priced so low and the models are more sophisticated than ever. You can get a basic radio for under $100. Or, for $300 more, you can get a radio with a GPS and chartplotter included. If you dig a little deeper into your pockets, you can have a VHF that allows you to see the position of a caller on the screen of the built-in chartplotter.
Before you make any purchase, you should know some basic information about today's VHFs. As you've heard, there's a new gunslinger in town. He goes by the initials DSC, which is an acronym for Digital Selective Calling. ...