Can you recommend a hand held VHF marine Radio

[wetny]

Hi. Looking for a radio preferably with DSC and GPS. STANDARD HORIZON HX851E has caught my eye, but are there any better or cheaper alternatives. Cheers.

[scubadude]

There all much the same IMO, get one that floats would be my tip :-)

[happygoron]

I would always go ICOM. Local club radios get pretty battered and we have old icom sets that have outlasted many others, quality is top notch in my experiance.

[happygoron]

Saying that, no ICOMS available with built in GPS, not many handhelds with that it seems, only other reasonably priced one I can see is this:
http://www.force4.co.uk/8279/Lowrance-LHR-80-VHF-R...

[matchmaker]

When our local lifeboat saved a fishing boat full of Norwegians they asked what they could buy for our station to say thanks - we asked for two ICOM handhelds which were fantastic.

Marine radio..............nostalgia...........

[albatross]

I've got the hx851 and am very pleased with it, if that helps?

[Le TVR]

Currently playing with a pair of IC-M91Ds DSC handhelds with GPS built in.
Sure they must be available in the UK by now?