On Thu, 25 May 2006 18:42:09 -0400, Larry wrote:

Marina operators are teenage
kids from the local college working the docks, here. They need WALKIE
TALKIES in the 100 milliwatt range,

And that is exactly what most dockmasters use.

The marina office on the other hand, needs increased range to
communicate with boats looking for dock space. They need to minimize
their time on channel 16 and most do a good job of that in my
experience.