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I have only had a hand held VHF on my boat in the belief I never ventured too far away from others or a repeater station. Standard Horizon hx751, a superb radio, it has been ducked, dunked and abused over the last three years, it still works fine, surprisingly the range can be 8 miles tx which upto this month is all I ever needed. Things change, I have now got the confidence and knowledge to venture far further out, upto 35- 50 miles is on the cards in perfect conditions, I'm not sure the range of a mobile phone (???) but you can be sure Sod's law will happen , it's a damn long trip getting back on a 4hp aux ! After much googling I decided I had to get a new DSC class D , a huge selection at a time when the funds were very low, add to that a new twig ( with high db gain ) here goes another £300 plus ( or so I thought ) Sometimes you get lucky , a brand new Standard Horizon DSC gx1100e was found , £70.00 add the new twig and now I have spent the grand total of £90.00 , all eBay again !! With a (theoretical) range of 30 miles my West Bay wreck trip and others are now a definite, 😎 At what price Safety? Bargain of the year I think. So that's it, it's been a bit of a struggle getting my old boat how I wanted it all ready to go, back ups etc etc . Now all I need is a day off in good weather 😖 it's been emotional.