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Advice about vhf or other offshore communications

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January 28, 2022 at 6:35 pm #10133
Stuart Davison
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What would you recommend for long range offshore comms?
January 28, 2022 at 9:49 pm #10139
Alan & Belinda
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A bigger boat!
But seriously what do define as long range? For coastal use, just about any VHF will do.
January 29, 2022 at 8:51 am #10140
Stuart Davison
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What is range of vhf? I thought 25-30 miles is that sufficient/ correct?
January 29, 2022 at 9:09 pm #10141
Alan & Belinda
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Many factors affect range including quality of the radio and antenna, height of antenna, terrain (VHF is line of sight).

That said it is the standard device to carry on a boat (along with a cell phone). SSB and ham might be carried offshore but I think more commonly it would be a sat phone or communicator like an InReach these days
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