Loud Hailer

First, let me state that I regard these things as among the most annoying contraptions on the water. That said, I just bought a Uniden UM 525 that comes equipped with one. I like it because of the WHAM 4 remote mike, DSC, and finally because it can be used as a fog signal. If I ever use it to blab across a calm harbor, shame on me. That said, I'm curious about what kind of speaker to use, and where to mount it. My main headsail is a 150 roller furled unit, and I'm pretty sure it would wipe any speaker off the front of the mast. I'm tempted to mount it low on the mast, below a seldom used spinnaker winch. Any thoughts, suggestions??? Fred Haas 3-30 Nemesis Tacoma

Fred Haas wrote: > > First, let me state that I regard these things as among the most > annoying contraptions on the water. That said, I just bought a Uniden > UM 525 that comes equipped with one. I like it because of the WHAM 4 > remote mike, DSC, and finally because it can be used as a fog signal. > If I ever use it to blab across a calm harbor, shame on me. That said, > I'm curious about what kind of speaker to use, and where to mount it. > My main headsail is a 150 roller furled unit, and I'm pretty sure it > would wipe any speaker off the front of the mast. I'm tempted to mount > it low on the mast, below a seldom used spinnaker winch. Any thoughts, > suggestions??? > My suggestion, Fred, is that you simply buy a speaker and toss it in some remote storage area. Then, if you really need to use it as a fog signal, you can retrieve the speaker from below and tie it somewhere on deck temporarily. Otherwise, you're going to be tempted to join the powerboaters in hollering across quiet anchorages and other obnoxious behavior. And even if you don't, you'll look like you do, with the speaker permanently mounted. Chris Campbell

Thanks, Chris. That's a great thought. I do the same thing now with my current fog signal, a brass bell. Fred On Aug 11, 2006, at 6:50 AM, Chris Campbell wrote: > Fred Haas wrote: First, let me state that I regard these things as > among the most >> annoying contraptions on the water. > My suggestion, Fred, is that you simply buy a speaker and toss it in > some remote storage area. Then, if you really need to use it as a fog > signal, you can retrieve the speaker from below and tie it somewhere > on deck temporarily. Otherwise, you're going to be tempted to join > the powerboaters in hollering across quiet anchorages and other > obnoxious behavior. And even if you don't, you'll look like you do, > with the speaker permanently mounted. > > Chris Campbell >