William Longyard wrote:
Is there such a thing as a air/marine band vhf handheld, that also does 2
meter? Looking for something waterproof.

Ideas?
Thanks,
Bill


have been pretty much the reality. Motorola and a few others make
dual-mode portable transceivers such as seen in Med-Evac helicopters,
etc. The price, even used, can run about $2k. The pure MIL stuff is
nice but without a depot support facility, I'd be very wary. Gonsets
haven't been type accepted for about 25 years owing to overall specs;
frequency stability, receiver bandwidth, ad infinitum. Icom and Yaesu,
of course, make aviation and amateur hand-helds. You might consider
making a dual pack with one from each band and integrate the mic, etc.
The MIL had (has?) an item similar to that. Makes dual mode ops a snap.
That's what I did for CAP and it's always done the job. The only
issue would be waterproof. You'd have to work on that one, if you
really need it to be submersible. If not, a rain-proof pack would do
it. Mine are installed in a small, ballistic nylon pack that keeps the
rain out. Just a thought for you, though. de K3HVG