HF Radios

There is no problem with using a HF radio either land or sea. However, when using it at sea you will need different frequencies. I know that Barratt Communication can install either a land based or marine frequency package, or both, at fairly minimal cost. Hope that helps
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There is no problem with using a HF radio either land or sea. However, when using it at sea you will need different frequencies. I know that Barratt Communication can install either a land based or marine frequency package, or both, at fairly minimal cost. Hope that helps
Cheers

There is no problem with using a HF radio either land or sea. However, when using it at sea you will need different frequencies. I know that Barratt Communication can install either a land based or marine frequency package, or both, at fairly minimal cost. Hope that helps
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TD

It will work ok the problem will be the IP rating as in corosion of the unit. I would think, there is no need to make a land based unit to handle salt water, it's just an added cost..

Richard

Er........ far as I have experienced, the comms on HF usually work at lot better over water - they bounce off the water and 'hop' further usually - re the frequencies used - I figure you only need different frequencies if you need different frequencies - the various clubs and networks can service land, see and air with their allotted frequencies. I'm a base operator for VKS737 (maybe not much longer though) and staff like myself have commed with land vehicles, ocean going vessels, light planes and even the odd 747 (the latter using HF at 1000 watts far as I know).

"HF Radio" is not specific enough, do you mean a radio capable of receiving HF frequencies or do you mean a 'transceiver', a radio capable of transmitting and receiving HF marine frequencies?

I do carry a HF all band receiver on my trailer sailer for receiving the relevant marine weather forecasts, it is a Yaesu FRG8800 land based set and is kept as dry as possible and well out of splash range when aboard. Even so, I only fit it when going on a extended trip, its not aboard for day sailing.
These sets have no extra corrosion protection and would succumb quickly in the salty atmosphere given a chance.
Klaus

With the inclusion of the appropriate frequencies, any commercial grade radio can be used. You will need an aerial tuner to match the transceiver with your marine aerial, it can be the same unit you use on land .
More info would help.
Type of transceiver ?
Frequencies installed ?
Aerial when on land and at sea ?

I think only Codan, Barrett and the Icom IC-f7000 are approved to be used on the VKS network and it may be the same on the other land HF networks.

Depending what marine radio you have may depend on the use.

Regards Richard

Thanks for the replies everyone. We will only be doing four months at sea and only up into the Coral Sea then I hope to put the HF Radio into my Toyota, I sould not get wet and be temporly mounted in the Nav station and used to communicate with other boats and the nearest weather stations.

Once again

Thanks to all

TD

Andrew
Thanks for the info, I went to the 4x4 show yesterday and spoke to the iCom rep and he seems to think the land based unit will work and they can reprograme it after we have finished at sea for minimal cost.

TD