All you have managed to do is read and regurgitate the sales brochure.
You've provided no new information and certainly nothing gained from
experience or expert knowledge.

As far as your "radio check" to Port Jefferson it's no big deal. People
regularly contact astronauts aboard the space shuttle or space station using
much less power in the same frequency band and they have to go through the
ionosphere.

If you want to really test it, test it with many high power transmitters in
proximity. Test it on all channels while trying to receive a weak signal.
How long can you hold the key down without frying the output?

Do the instrument lights dim? Do they cause night blindness? Are the
electronics and circuit boards coated? Is the case the only "waterproof"
barrier?




A radio check easily made Port Jeff with clear audio on both ends. My
friend could easily hear us from his boat with it's 50 foot mast. Using
a small fixed mount Ray Jeff I could copy his signal mixed with some
noise. He said our signal had very little noise.


Do you know what this means? He picks you up with very little noise and you
pick him up with noise.

Bwaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaa!!!!!!

Amen!