The "land" channels in the M88 are programmable in the 146 to 174 Mhz range. There are 22 available. This is the 2-meter amateur radio band in the USA so those who are ham radio operators can have one handheld to cover both the ham frequencies and the marine band. The rest are business or commercial frequencies (channels) that require specific licensing. I don't know if they've disabled this function or not. It was probably an attempt to combine several radios into one. You might google for more info. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:49 PM, alex <al.m_at_3web.net> wrote: > Have just bought one, secondhand, yet unused. This thing is so small after > my > old Icom M1V - every time I hold it I can't help feeling that the battery > or > something else is missing :-) > > All is allright, only one function I can't make work - "LAND" channels > group. > There wasn't any "land" on Icom M1V, only regular US, International and > Canadian mode, so I don't feel like missing something. Just curious. Manual > says that M88 is supposed to have Land - "Mobile channels for commercial > use, > license may be required", but there is no land in this M88 - can only > switch > it between U, I, and C. > My wild guess - some licensing changes, resulting in adding or removing > this > Land option in units of certain vintage? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Nov 04 2008 - 21:19:30 PST
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