Sounds like something that the Gov. would do.  That's the way they operate.
I know because I worked for them for many years.  Ed   K7UC

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From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:17 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: In a state of disbelief here

> Can you imagine that things were ordered by someone who doesn't know
> what the  hell he/she is doing without asking the people using the
> items what they want?  That would never happen!
> Am I cynical?  Afraid so.
> 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