I don't see much point in including the 2 meter band which would be for
monitoring purposes only. If C-Crane really wants to do something good,
they could include a receiver with the digital TV spectrum on it, or maybe
an accessible satellite/HD radio or something like that. Lots of people
depend on portable TV's when the power goes out, but unless someone comes
out with a battery operated digital TV receiver they won't be able to do
that any more.
Harvey