I've always bought ICON marine radios but the transmit button on my last one quit working. I looked into getting it repaired - the ICON shop is a few miles away, but it's like a $100 min charge just to have them look at it. Also thought about buying the part and trying to replace it, but there was no guarantee that was the only problem, and it was an older unit and the battery needed replacing - another $100.
For a little over $100 I could get a new radio. The comparable ICON radio is more than twice the cost and has less wattage. I wasn't sure if I'd like the "step" digital function - no twisty knobs on this radio - but it works great. First season using it (not exactly used on water) was really impressed with battery life and range was as good or better than my old ICON compact. Great and very compact radio.
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Standard Horizon
Our mission is quite simple, “Produce the finest marine electronics on the market to meet the needs of boater’s everywhere”. For more than 50 years Standard Horizon has built and delivered the finest radios on the market and that’s why we can say, “Nothing takes to water like Standard Horizon”.
Compact and Affordable
Handheld VHF Series
Our products are used in the fishing and shipping industries as well as installed in the base stations. In the area of professional use, we have received high praise from various countries for providing total solutions to government agencies such as the Coast Guard. We are constantly developing and releasing innovative new products such as the fully waterproof portable transceiver and a multi function remote access microphone making it possible to operate a unit from a microphone.
- FLOATING / SUBMERSIBLE IPX7 & IPX8 WATERPROOF RATINGS (for 30 minutes)
- NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS: Weather alerts
- NEW DOT MATRIX DISPLAY: High resolution dot matrix display makes navigating the radios many features smooth and easy
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| Submersible | IPX8 waterproof rating (1.5M or 4.92 feet for 30 minutes) | IPX8 waterproof rating (1.5M or 4.92 feet for 30 minutes) | IPX8 waterproof rating (1.5M or 4.92 feet for 30 minutes) | IPX7 waterproof rating (1M or 3.3 feet for 30 minutes) | IPX8 waterproof rating (1.5M or 4.92 feet for 30 minutes) | IPX8 waterproof rating (1.5M or 4.92 feet for 30 minutes) |
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Looks a little bulkier than one imagines off the photos yet...
Received mine without a hassle despite COVID-19. All in good order.Officially made in China (maybe I had to UV it for safety?). All looks fine but as an owner of VX-3R I subconsciously expected something that is similar to 3R in size. Although I knew this one is bulkier - probably more like a VX-5 or 6R, it is still the smallest on the market. Smallest to a degree that it does not float: one cannot fool the laws of nature and when one cramms the guts of HX210 into a smaller body (read - smaller water displacement) .... Well, Archimedes explained it all a thousand years ago. In fact I do blv it was all the other way around - Yaesu Musen engineers had to build HX210 (and many other floating handhelds) having water displacement in mind which is why ALL marine handhelds with positive buoyancy are bulkier than non-floating ones. So in the end it was really a bright idea to build a smaller size marine handheld with the option to gain positive buoyancy by adding missing volume using accessory case (SHC-29) because that puts the owner in control - the owner decides when he needs buoyancy and when he needs compactness. That is a flexible solution. Other that that do confirm that the navigation menu might be a bit more intuitive. Miss the feature of a user-controlled screen lighting up during reception of a signal. Several battery saving mode settings are not explained so the owner does not know what he trades off for a longer battery life. Noticed that when soaked in water the speaker loses ca. 1/5 - 1/4 of it's dry state loudness. I also wish Yaesu had one version for the Americas, Asia and Europe instead of 3 different versions. In the end industry achieved that for the 4G (LTE) gadgets, GSM, TV and other stuff. The Owner Manual is a single edition for both HX40/HX40E, by the way.... Summary: got what I expected, already like it despite noted shortcomings and do blv I will love using it for the purpose it was bought for.
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Officially made in China (maybe I had to UV it for safety?). All looks fine but as an owner of VX-3R I subconsciously expected something that is similar to 3R in size. Although I knew this one is bulkier - probably more like a VX-5 or 6R, it is still the smallest on the market. Smallest to a degree that it does not float: one cannot fool the laws of nature and when one cramms the guts of HX210 into a smaller body (read - smaller water displacement) .... Well, Archimedes explained it all a thousand years ago. In fact I do blv it was all the other way around - Yaesu Musen engineers had to build HX210 (and many other floating handhelds) having water displacement in mind which is why ALL marine handhelds with positive buoyancy are bulkier than non-floating ones. So in the end it was really a bright idea to build a smaller size marine handheld with the option to gain positive buoyancy by adding missing volume using accessory case (SHC-29) because that puts the owner in control - the owner decides when he needs buoyancy and when he needs compactness. That is a flexible solution. Other that that do confirm that the navigation menu might be a bit more intuitive. Miss the feature of a user-controlled screen lighting up during reception of a signal. Several battery saving mode settings are not explained so the owner does not know what he trades off for a longer battery life. Noticed that when soaked in water the speaker loses ca. 1/5 - 1/4 of it's dry state loudness. I also wish Yaesu had one version for the Americas, Asia and Europe instead of 3 different versions. In the end industry achieved that for the 4G (LTE) gadgets, GSM, TV and other stuff. The Owner Manual is a single edition for both HX40/HX40E, by the way.... Summary: got what I expected, already like it despite noted shortcomings and do blv I will love using it for the purpose it was bought for.
Looks a little bulkier than one imagines off the photos yet...
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2020
Received mine without a hassle despite COVID-19. All in good order.Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2020
Officially made in China (maybe I had to UV it for safety?). All looks fine but as an owner of VX-3R I subconsciously expected something that is similar to 3R in size. Although I knew this one is bulkier - probably more like a VX-5 or 6R, it is still the smallest on the market. Smallest to a degree that it does not float: one cannot fool the laws of nature and when one cramms the guts of HX210 into a smaller body (read - smaller water displacement) .... Well, Archimedes explained it all a thousand years ago. In fact I do blv it was all the other way around - Yaesu Musen engineers had to build HX210 (and many other floating handhelds) having water displacement in mind which is why ALL marine handhelds with positive buoyancy are bulkier than non-floating ones. So in the end it was really a bright idea to build a smaller size marine handheld with the option to gain positive buoyancy by adding missing volume using accessory case (SHC-29) because that puts the owner in control - the owner decides when he needs buoyancy and when he needs compactness. That is a flexible solution. Other that that do confirm that the navigation menu might be a bit more intuitive. Miss the feature of a user-controlled screen lighting up during reception of a signal. Several battery saving mode settings are not explained so the owner does not know what he trades off for a longer battery life. Noticed that when soaked in water the speaker loses ca. 1/5 - 1/4 of it's dry state loudness. I also wish Yaesu had one version for the Americas, Asia and Europe instead of 3 different versions. In the end industry achieved that for the 4G (LTE) gadgets, GSM, TV and other stuff. The Owner Manual is a single edition for both HX40/HX40E, by the way.... Summary: got what I expected, already like it despite noted shortcomings and do blv I will love using it for the purpose it was bought for.
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