http://gcaptain.disqus.com/A blog about ships!enSat, 19 Jan 2008 08:11:21 -0000http://gcaptain.com/a-vhf-handheld-to-float-with/?1000#comment-1346255<p>Most of Standard's radios are big brown bricks... this one looks much better.</p>adminSat, 19 Jan 2008 08:11:21 -0000http://gcaptain.com/a-vhf-handheld-to-float-with/?1000#comment-1346254<p>That would be a great feature!</p><p>DSC is tricky, I could see problems with new users "testing" it too often. We already have a problem with relay spam... I could could see similar problems with new user spam.</p>JohnFri, 18 Jan 2008 21:39:00 -0000http://gcaptain.com/a-vhf-handheld-to-float-with/?1000#comment-1346252<p>I see potential issues with a DSC handheld, if the GPS is built in. DSC numbers are registered to vessels and not radios.</p><p>A handheld is easily moved from vessel to vessel. If the DSC emergency function is used, the CG and others could be looking for the wrong vessel.</p><p>There needs to be a way to easily disable the DSC function if it exists, as I expect it does bucasue of the display on the radio.</p>Richard RodriguezFri, 18 Jan 2008 12:28:38 -0000