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Old 11-08-2012, 08:02 AM   #114
Marin
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Originally Posted by rwidman View Post
Many people believe that a radio signal at high power somehow passes over their boat at close range. It's some of the misinformation perpetuated on boating forums..
And not just boating forums. Were told this almost immediately after buying our boat in 1998. We have always kept our radio on high power (other than the channels that automatically select low power when they are selected). We have never had a problem being heard even by boats that were cruising within a couple of boat lengths of the 24 foot antenna that's connected to our lower radio or when communicating with a boater already on a dock as we moved in to raft to him. Our non-issue with using high power at all times has caused me to wonder from time to time about what we'd heard about high power signals "skipping over" close-by boats. We have never experienced this and in the end I figured it simply isn't true.
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