de WB2CPN I'm told that the AH-2 and AH-2B were originally designed to be used on boats, a marine setup. There's no justification I know of to have made the AH-2B so rugged and well built just for the amateur trade. And now, the car bumpers the AH-2B was to fit on to are all gone. Note that ICOM made a cute little hand mic that looks military. The HM-6, was it? 73 Clete