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Originally Posted by LandCruisers4Life
I have been debating in my head the different HAM radios for the rig. I really like this Icom radio.... I know the Yaesu radios are popular. However, this is a dual band, with 50W on either channel, and has this Diversity function if you run two antennas... it's pretty cool. Wondering your thoughts on this radio:
IC-2820H Dual Band FM Transceiver - Features - Icom America
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I have a 2820 and love it. It's easy to use and has good selectivity (blanks out spurious signals such as pagers). The only problem, and they may have fixed this, is that the backlit LCD screen is biased toward a right hand drive vehicle. In other words you need to look at it from straight on, or slightly to the righ in order to be able to see it well. The Japanese being a RHD country, apparently didn't think about this when they started selling them here. I solved the problem by using a mount that points the remote head at me when I'm sitting in the drivers seat.
F-Dog