Gary:

I have thought of bringing my TMV71A also.  It would be easy enough to grab, 
and everything at the EOC has Anderson power pole connections, which would 
make for a very quick and easy transsfer.

Tom Behler:   KB8TYJ)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Tillinghast" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: In a state of disbelief here


> Hi Tom,  In WNY the State BOH bought radios for all of the hospitals in 
> WNY
> and someone made the recommendation of the FT-8800r from Yasue.  They 
> never
> asked the EC's about their choice.  So when it is my turn to due  NCS at 
> the
> hospital, I bring out my TM-V71A.  It is too bad they didn't ask for more
> input.  Gary KB2YAA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 8:55 PM
> Subject: Re: In a state of disbelief here
>
>
> Pat:
>
> We have a back-up EOC which has an IC706 Mark II. G., and a Kenwood 
> TMD700A,
> all with voice chips.
>
> I'm considering asking them to put the old stuff in the regular EOC, and 
> put
> the newer rigs in the back-up EOC.  Kind of backwards for sure, but hey, I
> didn't order the new stuff!
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 8:26 PM
> Subject: Re: In a state of disbelief here
>
>
>> 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
>>
>