What's the best handheld marine band radio, what're you guys using? Recently bough a $89 Cobra and the speaker on it is just horrible, any suggestions?
2001 Sea Ray 460 Sundancer
2014 Seadoo 155 LTD
2105 Seadoo 130 SE
2013 Mercury Dinghy
Engines
Cummins 6CTA 8.3L
I have a couple of the standard horizon models. One thing I personally hate is they don’t have a squelch knob. Instead it’s in the menu which is a pita when I want to adjust the squelch to hear a transmission. Other then that their quality is great and I love my helm version.
I have a fairly old Uniden. Works great still (probably 20yrs old now and battery still holds a decent charge) and doubles as the vhf on my center console. I would buy another when the time comes.
My Standard Horizon is 11 seasons old now, and works as good as new. Barring some nicks and scratches, it holds the charge, and like the previous poster, is an excellent backup.