Icom M-800 SSB radio
South Pacific Familyadventure 2008
Claes Brodin
Tue 18 Sep 2012 15:23
Allthough equipped with a satellitetelephone,being
able to communicate for free with fellow cruisers over oceans has been a
great benefit.Grounding of the station is of paramount importance and we had to
rebuild our grounding in 2005.We used our SSB radio very much all over the
Pacific being connected to the "Panpacific Net" from Panama to French
Polynesia,and "Rag in the Air" net from Tonga to New Caledonia.In New Caledonia
our transmission stopped working due to a defect teleoptic cable(only on these
Icom models),but a new one was brought from Sweden and replaced in New
Zealand.The M-800 was a small series and is not produced anymore.Having a SSB
radio can definitely be recomended,and Icom stations seems to be "golden
standard" when dealing with this kind of equipment.
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