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’ve watched a number of YouTube videos, perused all the Icom literature and announcements, and read a number of articles discussing this radio. First and foremost, I have to say how pleased and excited I am that Icom is making a commercial unit to help folks more easily get on SHF frequencies. It is great to see a manufacturer work to help hams better use frequencies that are allocated to us. I am going to maintain that attitude as we see this device become available, and we finally get>.

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