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I'm very interested in a hand held (I think one was mentioned) that can LEGALLY transmit on both marine and HAM bands. ...snip...
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GE MPA or MRK will do it - both are type accepted as Marine radios, and cover the Ham band. The ONLY down side is they are NOT frequency flexible - in other words, you can ONLY go on the frequencies you pre-program. Usually NOT a problem, as I have every major repeater in my area, plus all the common simplex frequencies programmed too. One of my MRKs actually was USCG surplus