A handheld marine radio can communicate no matter what the weather conditions. You can find other watercraft near you and most are waterproof. They can be used to communicate with other boaters.
Handheld marine radios are designed to be used over long distances at sea and are usually more sturdy thatn other handheld radios. Www.westmarine.com/MarineElectronics has a large variety .
Handheld Marine radios are intended to work in almost any location including overseas. An operator can use them in the middle of the ocean. They function off of the Global Positioning System or GPS.
The package the radio comes in should tell you if it is waterproof or not, most likely it is. I would also look for a depth on how much it can be submerged into.
Some stores that have handheld marine gps devices are: Sears and Kmart. If you shop online then I would go directly to ebay, or thegpsstore.com.
It's just what it sounds like--a license that restricts your privileges. Most of the people who have these are pilots or mariners. If you're a pilot who has a restricted license, you can use an aviation radio only if it's in an airplane. You can't put an aviation radio in your car, or in your house, or walk around with it and talk on it. Same deal with marine radios--you can use a marine radio in a boat but not on shore. Yes, there are handheld aviation and marine radios. The tradeoff: they are good for life.
A marine stereo radio is similar to a normal radio, while a marine band radio is like a walkie talkie. ALso marine stereo radios have a larger range. check it out at http://www.buymarineelectronics.com/
The HTX-420 was a Radio Shack dual band amateur radio, handheld
Handheld control head (HHCH)
The features that a marine radio has that a regular radio does not is it picks up signals from other boats aside from the boat that it is installed on.
A Humminbird marine radio is a wireless radio used on marine vessels. It looks similar to a walkie-talkie and often includes channels that provide weather information.
UHF radios are handheld radios. They are a great 2 way radio that are used by police, children, and hikers. They can be used by anyone needing to communicate via 2 way radio in the outdoors or indoors.
No. Different frequency ranges.