akirk
New member
Is it possible to find a VHF portable (h/h) radio where you can lock the channel (with Chl 16 overide)?
e.g. I was sailing in the Solent last week - cockpit repeater speaker not working, so had hand-held vhf in my jacket pocket to listen to race control boat on channel 72.
However, with the need to work the yacht (c. 7), I would find that I was continually changing channel accidentally, so would look at the radio and find that I was now on channel 68 etc.
Ideally I would like to be able to put the radio onto channel 72 and then press lock so that it remains there, with only the ability to switch to channel 16 in the normal way...
does this make sense?
I am looking to buy a VHF hand-held, and this would be a key consideration...
regards
Alasdair
e.g. I was sailing in the Solent last week - cockpit repeater speaker not working, so had hand-held vhf in my jacket pocket to listen to race control boat on channel 72.
However, with the need to work the yacht (c. 7), I would find that I was continually changing channel accidentally, so would look at the radio and find that I was now on channel 68 etc.
Ideally I would like to be able to put the radio onto channel 72 and then press lock so that it remains there, with only the ability to switch to channel 16 in the normal way...
does this make sense?
I am looking to buy a VHF hand-held, and this would be a key consideration...
regards
Alasdair