STANDARD HORIZON Eclipse-Series VHF Radio,White,Small

STANDARD HORIZON Eclipse-Series VHF Radio,White,Small

Name: STANDARD HORIZON Eclipse-Series VHF Radio,White,Small
Brand: STANDARD HORIZON
SKU: 176469
Price: 131.44 USD
Rating: 9.24 (68 reviews)

$ 131.44

Score By Feature

Based on 68 ratings

Value for money

9.60

Easy to use

9.12

Easy to install

8.71

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Product Description

An affordable, ultra compact VHF radio that can be mounted to a fixed surface

DSC (Digital Selective Calling) up to Class D according to ITU-R M493-13

Older Eclipse+ and Eclipse DSC models replaced by this unit

The Microphone has controls for tuning the radio

The E2O menu and icon system is easy to operate

Questions & Answers

How does this work? Do you need a GPS receiver to do this?

By means of the NMEA 0183 network, it has to be connected to a chart plotter. There is no internal GPS on the device. This model is compatible with the gx1400G

Anatomy of a standard horizon scu What do you think about the 31 GPS smart antenna with nmea 0183 output? Does it work with ?

An excellent GPS antenna is built into the radio

Can you tell me if this unit is ?

The boat I own has been in many storms and never experienced any problems

Selected User Reviews For STANDARD HORIZON Eclipse-Series VHF Radio,White,Small

It is worthless

3/5

As a result, you should In other words, this device will not work for you unless you plan on connecting it to the NMEA output (it must be a special NMEA standard in addition, it will not work for just any GPS). As a result of recent FCC regulations, marine vhf radios are now required to be connected to GPS. GPS is integrated into many models There's no need for it in this one. In other words, it will alarm every 10 minutes until you connect it to a compatible GPS. And believe it or not, the alarm can never be turned off. Now that I have researched this a bit more, the sad tale gets even sadder. As mentioned above, this unit uses an old standard -- NMEA 0183 -- to communicate with the GPS to which it is connected. You could probably buy a brand new chart plotter and this radio wouldn't understand it since it probably uses NMEA 2000, which is a completely different standard. It is possible to get a converter box, but the cost would be This is a very well-known fact for Yaesu, however he fails to inform the customer of any of this.

Annie Stein

| Oct 18, 2020

That was a great radio show! In order to properly set up this radio, I had to use it for the first time after installing it

4/5

I was surprised at how complicated it is to set it up.
Used GPS and found out I had not set it up correctly, but USCG was able to ping me for the help I would recommend this product highly.

Milani Irwin

| May 22, 2021

An antenna for GPS is not included with this item

3/5

The remote device has to be connected to the GPS system.

Callie Gibson

| Sep 10, 2020

That was a great radio show! This radio has a great look and is perfect for my GPS! A map of coordinates will appear I love it!

5/5

Leslie Combs

| Aug 05, 2020

That's a threat

5/5

I found the price to be fair.

Blakely CARTWRIGHT

| Feb 23, 2021

As requested, it was what I wanted

5/5

It was a good day all around.

Amelie Maldonado

| Jun 09, 2021

This is annoying

3/5

I like the way it works. greatest problem with this device is you can leave it on all day long without it going off every ten minutes. There will be a message at the bottom of the screen that says POS has ended. Obviously it can be turned off, but who wants to do that every 10 minutes. As far as I know, I have yet to find a way to turn it off.