Well, so far, they are not going D-star, because there are no D-Star 
repeaters in my area, so I think I'm at least safe for a while on that 
score.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: In a state of disbelief here


>I don't believe they do I'm sorry to say. About all you can do is program
> them all the same with national weather in a key spot or a cheat sheet so
> you know what's what, something like that. They can be programmed with
> software. They're not going DStar though are they? then you're really in
> trouble.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 7:15 PM
> Subject: In a state of disbelief here
>
>
>> Hi, all
>>
>> Recently, in my region of west-central lower Michigan, the power that be
>> obtained an equipment grant to purchase all new equipment for our county
>> EOC's.  Sounds great, right???
>>
>> Well, for one thing, none of us as EC's were consulted on the rig and
>> other
>> equipment choices, so we ended up with rigs with which none of us were
>> familiar.
>>
>> But, here's the real kicker:
>>
>> Two of the rigs are the Icom IC2820 VHF/UHF dual-band radio, and the Icom
>> IC2200 2-meter radio.  Upon checking in the AES catalog, and calling AES
>> for
>> confirmation, it seems that these radios do not have a voice synthesizer
>> chip option.  If this is true, of course, the rigs will be of limited use
>> to
>> me as EC in the Emergency Operations Center, unless I have sighted
>> assistance with me at all times.
>>
>> Can someone verify for me that these rigs actually do not have a voice
>> chip
>> option??
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>