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Reviews of Portable VHF Radios
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Icom IC-M23
The IC-M23 is a smaller version of Icom’s popular IC-M33, and like that model it will float if dropped into water, but this time Icom has gone one further and added a red flashing light that is activated on contact with water, making the radio easier to find if you drop it over the edge at night. The reduction in size is actually quite important is it ends up as one of the smallest VHFs on the market, and as such, it fits easily into the front pockets of a PFD.
Icom IC-M33
This is the radio that started the floating radio craze and I got mine around four years ago and have used it ever since. I'm not completely sure now about just how important the floating aspect is, as I've never dropped it, and in use its leashed to my PFD, but I suppose its more for peace of mind than anything else.