That’s supposed to be a pretty nice radio; but I have an issue with the whole wireless remote mic thing.
First, has anyone ever lost overboard something that wasn’t firmly attached to the boat? And secondly, has anyone gone to use a piece of rechargeable battery-powered electronics, only to find that the battery was dead? Neither of these scenarios apply to a hard-wired remote mic like the S-H or the Icom. Otherwise, I’d agree that the Simard was a great option. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Jan 8, 2016, at 9:25 AM, Gary Russell via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Has anyone looked at or used the Simrad RS35 VHF radio? It looks amazing for > the price! It has NMEA2000, AIS, DSC and supports up to two wireless remote > mikes. Defender has it for $329.99. The wireless remote mike is $139.99. > The comparable Icom radio is $399.99 and the remote mike and cable is > $274.98. So, $469.98 vs. $674.97. > > Gary > S/V High Maintenance > '90 C&C 37+ > East Greenwich, RI, USA > > ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Barry Lenoble via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > Hey, > > > > I do like Standard Horizon gear and I have had a few of their VHD radios. > Nice gear, good audio quality, innovative, etc. > > > > My comment is this: The SH radios are NMEA 0183 only. This is too bad because > NMEA 2000 is much easier to integrate. If you don’t have any other > electronics, and don’t plan on integrating the radio to a plotter, then don’t > worry about it and the SH radio is a good choice. However, if you think you > might want to install a chartplotter, and display the AIS information on the > plotter screen, and / or you plan on interfacing a plotter to an autopilot, > wind instrument, or ANYTHING else, I strongly recommend you buy a VHF that > has NMEA 2000 interface. > > > > With NMEA 2000 you don’t have to worry about connecting the little tiny wires > together, or about baud rates, or who is the talker and who is the listener. > You just plug the cable in and it works. > > > > Simrad makes a VHD/AIS receiver with NMEA 2000, so does Lowrance and I think > icom does too > > > > The Simrad unit is nice because the second station handset is wireless and > you can carry it with you. The Lowrance unit doesn’t support the second > handset. > > > > Good luck, > > Barry > > > > > > > > Barry Lenoble > > leno...@optonline.net <mailto:leno...@optonline.net> > Deep Blue C, C&C 110 > > Mt. Sinai, NY
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