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 >