Standard horizon HX150, my Uniden died.

I noticed my Uniden Voyager was very quiet my last trip out.  Come to find out it is not receiving anything, although it does transmit still.  It has been a good radio, and lasted 4 years of hard use on the kayak and boat.  I will let it sit in the sun and see if it starts to work again, but do not hold much hope.

I just ordered one of the Standard Horizon HX150 radios from the GPS shop.  90 dollars shipped, so it was a pretty good price.  I was torn between the HX150, HX300 and HX290, but the size and price of the 150 won me over, although with the manufactures discount the 300 is not much more.

The battery capacity is more than my Uniden, and the standby and xmit consumption is about the same.  I can get several days out of the Uniden, so am expecting good battery life from the SH.  I will give a good review when it comes.  I still have another Uniden my wife uses, so I can use that until I get my new toy.

The radio is so new I did not see many reviews on it yet.  Anyone else using one of these?

Always a good idea for a radio check on the way out

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Always a good idea for a radio check on the way out

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Definitely, it worked on the way out, just not by the time I got back in.  The salmon fishermen were chatting it up, then all went quiet.  The repair cost was almost as much as a new radio!

My Icom did the same thing last week, would transmit but not receive. It was foggy and I got separated from my buddies. Stopped by West Marine on the way home and picked up a SH HX 290 with an extended warranty.  I don't like water gets into the battery case. I use a dry bag but seems like a poor design.