I had a wired remote mic on my old Catalina 27 with a tiller. That never worked very well for me because the cord kept getting in the way. When I bought Firewater, I installed the Simrad RS25, which is the predecessor to the 35. It has the wireless remote, but not AIS. At that time, the boat had no wiring going to the pedestal and I was not wild about drilling the hole in the cockpit floor for the first wires. I have since put a Triton display at the helm, so I would be more comfortable with the wired mic if I were buying it today.
We have liked the convenience of the wireless, though you do have to monitor battery usage. We do mostly racing and short cruises so it has not been a big deal for us. The sound quality on the 25 remote mic has been great, no complaints. With regard to keeping it on board, I bought one of these: http://mobility.snapitproducts.com/snapit-marine/products/v007/v007-handheld-electronics-device-holder to mount at the helm. The mic is either in someone’s hand or in the holder and we have not had any issues. Regards, Jim Reinardy C&C 30-2 “Firewater” Milwaukee, WI From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick Brass via CnC-List Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 8:20 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Stus-List VHF / AIS I hear what you are saying, Fred. And I have to agree. Imzadi has a fixed mount VHF at the helm and also a separate fixed mount at the nav station. Each is connected to a GPS (the one at the helm is the Garmin chartplotter), and each has a dedicated antenna. While I like the redundancy, the real reasons I have 2 fixed mount VHFs are: 1) a handheld only has a range of a couple of miles on a good day, and 2) around 50 years of boating experience has led me to the conviction that a handheld radio is a holder for dead batteries. For not much more than the cost of the $139 RAM mike you could install a fairly good SH VHF radio and a dedicated antenna. And neither would ever fall overboard. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Frederick G Street via CnC-List Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 12:38 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net <mailto:f...@postaudio.net> > Subject: Re: Stus-List VHF / AIS 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.
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