wongaero
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Reged: 30/01/2008
Posts: 43
Loc: Warsash
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My Raymarine 101 is fine, easy to use thanks to the twiddly knobs and luckily it's rugged too. No probs with batteries, I keep it on its charging holder though.
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Romeo_Whisky
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Reged: 14/08/2002
Posts: 314
Loc: Forth
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I bought the Standard Horizon recently. Rated top by PBO in their recent test. Jan or Feb 08 I think.
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Sailfree
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Reged: 18/01/2003
Posts: 2735
Loc: Solent
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Quote:
I have both an Entel and an ICOM M31.
The ICOM suffers from battery drain when switched off (an I keep it in the Grab Bag, so this is a problem for me).
The Entel on the other hand does all I want it to do, but will not take AA cells.
I agree.
Entel came out as best buy in YM survey. Understand the request for battery replacement but more important to me though is to get one that's waterproof.
I would go Entel but only switch it on when I need it
I think they do come with a cigarette 12V plug that could be wired direct to any 12V battery.
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joha
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Reged: 25/02/2008
Posts: 33
Loc: gosport
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Standard Horizon hx 270. Really good bit of kit.
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fry
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Reged: 11/04/2008
Posts: 73
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Ditto. 
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pvb
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Reged: 16/05/2001
Posts: 5922
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I'd also recommend Standard Horizon as a budget radio, but rather than the HX270 you might look at the HX500Li which, with a lithium ion battery, will give better long-term performance. It's £119 inc delivery from JG Technologies and has a spare battery case. The Icom M31 is rather disappointing and best avoided.
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RECUSANT2
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Reged: 04/04/2006
Posts: 528
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Another vote for the HX270e......
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If we had some chips, we could have some chips 'n' beans...............if we had some beans.
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gdallas
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Reged: 27/04/2002
Posts: 98
Loc: Hertfordshire
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Many thanks to all, SH ordered.
Graham
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