What type of VHF?

[blueskip]

I will second Camkevs statement Cobra are excellent value for a VHF with the DSC feature (provided you have a GPS to tell it where you are) but even the most basic handheld GPS (such as Garmin Trecker) is good enough to do that, & some of you have probably got GPS on your posh mobile phones anyway.
If you have all you need is a lead to connect your mobile phone to VHF & of course you have to make sure they are "talking the same Baud language", that you will get from somebody on here who is good on radio/electronics, its just a matter of getting the phone/GPS to send the information to the DSC part of the VHF!

[malliadan]

it has that lead also, re GPS i was thinking of getting a garmin obviously, since i think it's safer to have the vhf first

i will post back as soon as i will see the ICOM 411

Daniel

[malliadan]

can i have some help choosing please between these two. Price range is almost the same. actually icom had a better offer.

Cobra MR F80B
http://www.cobra.com/products//mr-f80b-eu-25-watt-fixed-mount-vhf-with-rewind-say-again


Icom IC-M411
http://www.icomuk.co.uk/categoryRender.asp?categoryID=3780&productID=677&tID=647

Daniel