Purchased Standard Horizon CMP31 Ram 3+ remote mic - 2016

 The recently purchased Standard Horizon Ram 3+ remote mic will be a welcome addition to our cockpit electronics!

Back in 2012 when we first installed the Standard Horizon GX2150 VHF radio.

November 2016 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently tied up in Marina MazatlánMexico
We are at our last house sit for 2016 here in San Marcos, Cal!
 
When we installed the Standard Horizon GX2150 VHF radio we did not realize how nice it would be to have a cockpit mic. It is good in a way that we waited because now the RAM3+ can control all the Standard Horizon GX2150 VHF radio functions. The first version or few did not control every function of the radio. So, now we can turn off or down the volume of the radio on the radio in the boat and have the volume of the mic any loudness we desire. We can turn the radio on or off from the cockpit etc. This will make it nice for when one of us is off watch and sleeping below. Before the squawking of the radio could wake you up but now we can isolate the sound to the cockpit. Also when we are motor-sailing it is difficult to hear the VHF Standard Horizon GX2150 VHF radio in the cabin while out in the cockpit while steering the boat. And now the radio mic is in easy reach for entering the channel or calling the Dock Master etc. Just makes life easier and a bit safer. Of course it is yet to be installed by us so another project coming up!  
Here is an older picture of our cockpit and where the new mic would go.
This is a mock-up of where we think we would like to install it.

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