[Icom] Re: IC-24AT questions

Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:10:18 -0400

They use FM in Arkansas. A lot of the truckers and taxi cabs use 2M radios,
thus FM these days.

Hence, I don't own any 2M gear, even Icom. Even my IC 7400 and the IC
706MarkIIG are the Japan versions without the USA 2M FM band.

      William J. Diamond
     Rogers, Arkansas USA
    [email protected]
    Ham Radio Operator WROT

   Please Visit My Personal Radio Page At
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wjdiamond/index.html

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of K4WSB
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Icom] Re: IC-24AT questions

No... besides, when did CB start using FM?

At 11:38 PM 7/23/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>it would appear that the 24AT (when set to monitor out of band) switches
>to USB
>when in the 11 meter world.  is there a way i can listen to the 11 meter in
>straight FM mode?  i'd love to get rid of my CB in the truck since i only
use
>it when traffic is snarled.
>
>if i can't do it with the 24AT, is there a 2 meter mobile radio from Icom
>that
>would listen to out of band freqs but would not switch to USB mode in the
11
>meter range.  maybe the 2100?
>
>hope that doesn't sound too strange.  i've been driving all day and all i
can
>hear is my pounding headache.
>
>-steve hanlon
>KB3KAQ

Jack Hartley
K4WSB
QCWA - OOTC - ARRL
www.ultimatehat.com
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