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Originally Posted by BroadHopper
I had an under the dash mount VHF radio with weather channel. It was 25 watts. I paid a lot of money for purchase of the radio, whip and the antenna order as well as professional installation. I have trouble receiving between the islands. The factory claims VHF signals are direct and hills and islands is an issue. Most folks are out on the ocean where it isn't an issue. The installer checked everything out and he basically said the same thing.
I haven't used it in a decade because of this issue. Are the new ones better?
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You should get much better performance out of that. Did the installer perform a VSWR check to make sure the system is transmitting properly? The problem with antenna installation on a boat is it doesn't provide the greatest ground plane.
I use a portable VHF/UHF radio and it seems to work well.