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Originally Posted by LandCruisers4Life
Here are some radios from Icom that I have an interest in so far:
The 75W V8000 is tempting with the transmit power...
This less powerful unit at 50W is nice, with the dual channel abilities etc... The fact that it acts as a comparitor between two antennas and chooses the best signal when operated in a singal channel is pretty cool too......
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I own the V-8000 and the Yaesu FT-8800 -
The V-8000 out performs the FT-8800 for 2m hand down, but it is a 2 meter only (it's not the power that makes it perform better I believe it's the antenna and I run a very large Hustler on the LC and with the V-8000 you need an antenna that can handle the 75w if you run it at that power level) . I always miss the FT-8800 when I am without it because of the Dual Band and the dual monitoring feature. Sometimes I run both in the LC - the Yaesu pretty much lives in the car but I have it set up for easy removal to go into the LC or my go box -
Once you get a taste of a dual band you may not be happy with a mono band -
-mg