Marine Radio - VHF Radio - Marine Antenna

Marine VHF radio, without question, is one of the most valuable pieces of safety equipment aboard a boat. Depending on how far that boat operate offshore, the more important a marine radio becomes. No matter how expensive the VHF radio, it is only as good as the marine antenna connected to it. Marine antenna are specially designed to provide communications for boats operating offshore. When selecting a marine antenna one has to take into consideration the power that will be needed (range) and in some cases what type of marine antenna should be mounted - will the boat be primarily operating close to tree lines as with fishing boats, where the antenna needs to be flexible, or will a rigid antenna be better. Shakespeare antenna specializes in marine antenna and many a coast guard vessel uses Shakepeare antennas. It helps to have a good selection of marine antenna to choose from and OutlanderDirect.com has a wide selection of marine radio - VHF radio and marine antenna. Some other things to take into consideration with marine radio is whether the radio is submersible. This becomes important with hand held radios as they can often end up in the water by mistake. Many of the hand held radios are not only submersible but also float when dropped in the water. This is a definate advante for kayak fishing where communications is need, but the cargo space on the kayak is limited resulting in marine radio falling into the water.
OutlanderDirect.com also has a good selection of hand held radio and walkie talkies that are well priced.