If there is a dual bander that fits your needs Tom, perhaps they 
would leave it available to you.  Then you have the best of both worlds.
Pat, K9JAUAt 06:15 PM 12/15/2012, you wrote:
>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