[Paddlewise] VHF Icom M88 - same old bug?

From: alex <al.m_at_3web.net>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 22:30:11 -0700
I have decided to replace Icom M1V with M88 for 2 reasons - #1: Concentric
control knobs for Power/Volume/Squelch (main problem), and #2: M88 is
shorter, better fits onto the shoulder strap.
#1 is a nusiance to a degree bordering with safety.  Slight bend in the knob
axle and/or grit and/or salt deposits are causing both knobs rotate
simultaneously, and increasing the volume you cut the squelch off at the
same time (thus killing the audible signal), or unwillingly turn the radio
off  while trying to adjust the darn squelch. As a result, it becomes a
two-hand operation, and this is bad.

Now, looking at the M88 photos, I see same concentric knobs. Is it really
so?
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