HX890BK VHF-HH, 6 Watt, w/GPS&FM Rcvr

Things I liked. Comes with a replaceable LiPo battery pack good for 10 hours and a second battery adapter that holds five AAA batteries and can be used when the LiPo battery goes dead. Easy to program my MMSI number with lots of Youtube video. By the way, Boat YS members can get a MMSI number free. Man overboard function. DSC scrambled call capability on Chanel 70. Tracks other DSC positions. GPS navigation. Waterproof and floats. Comes with AC and DC charging cables that plug into the charging cradle. Stainless steel charging pins. Charges in 3 hours. Secure belt clip. PDF manuals can be downloaded from the Standard Horizon website. I can't imagine why it has an FM entertainment broadcast receiver? Things I didn't like The lanyard is too big to fit into the lanyard hole on the radio case. It will fit into a hole on the belt clip. No software available at the website to support the digital data cable. Bottom Line This is a quality handheld VHF as good as any you can buy and better than most. If your boat sinks or you fall overboard this radio is capable of broadcasting you GPS location to others. But its range is limited to a few miles on the surface because VHF is line of sight and you will be in the water. It has better range when communicating with rescue aircraft

Use this when I kayak, my older Standard Horizon had its GPS die. It works great, easy to use, very tough, waterproof. And it gets FM as a bonus

Excellent radio packed with many features. If you go out on the water you need to take this radio with you. If you get in trouble out there this will get help to you quickly.

First of all, two words: Standard Horizon. I had one of their stationary models in the nav station of a boat I had for 15 years and it was just a great radio--clear and powerful. I was often able to connect over a distances of 50 miles or more. This hand held appears of the same caliber, albeit with the much lower power and range limits, as allowed in a portable. Among the features I think most impressive: It floats and if you drop it in the water, a strobe beacon is activated. It reads GPS and has a distress button which, if activated, transmits an emergency message with your GPS coordinates and the nature of your emergency which you select from a list--like, "sinking" or "fire" or "medical," etc. Above all, I'm depending on the same rugged reliability as the first one I owned for so many years.

Although I initially received the wrong color, Amazon corrected the issue and is no reflection of the actual product. This handheld is used by many in the Great Lakes region and I thought it was finally time to get one for myself. The radio has more features than I will ever use but for the MMSI and GPS capabilities this unit has, it is a good purchase. I did a ton of research and found that this radio is the best bang for the buck. Don’t over complicate setting it up and the MMSI is free through the power squadron. Other than that, it functions as a normal handheld marine radio. For any handheld, you are limited on your range. It doesn’t matter which unit you have, they all have a max transmit rating and unless you extend the antenna, you’re best to keep this for near shore communications.

Bought as gift but did some research and thought it was the best one for the money. I especially liked the fact that it floats

Great radio, Exactly as advertise! I would like it to be more colorful or for it to have a silicone protective case. All in all a great radio, performs as advertise! Receive it quite quickly!!!

Great Radio,, DSC and GPS.. Main menus easily accessed. Weather and 'FM' great additions. 73