I used to have the 220 version of that radio.  It was the IC3at.
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From: "RiverWind" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: best 2-meter handheld to get


> Hi There,
>
> I have an old icom that is about twelve years old. It is the grand daddy
> to a lot of RadioShack's two meter handhelds. It has three thumb wheels
> and a switch that sets either five KH or zero. It has the pluss and minus
> ofset, and it has a simplex-duplex switch. It also has the phonepad, but
> one can't dial up frequencies with it. However, one can call up a repeter
> and also use the phone patch that many repeters have. It is an old brick
> that can do much, but I don't see how fine frequency setting is possible.
> Bright blessings,
> Ray
>
> KG4RJO
>
> Riverwind
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> On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Butch Bussen wrote:
>
> > Is this the radio shack talkie that was bsicly the same as the icom?
> >
> > 73s
> > Butch      WA0VJR
> >
>