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/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
alex 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 M88 manual details the procedure on page 16. Basically, you have to go to the dealer to get the settings and LMR frequency programming details, so that they can ascertain that you have the correct license. All this is for use in the US. Could be the requirements for use of those frequencies in Canada are different. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> My M88 manual details the procedure on page 16. Basically, you have to go > to the dealer to get the settings and LMR frequency programming details, so > that they can ascertain that you have the correct license. All this is for > use in the US. Could be the requirements for use of those frequencies in > Canada are different. Thanks everybody. I probably don't need these LMR frequences, so let it be. Not a bad radio, even without those LMR. My Icom M1V here in Vancouver apartment could only pick 3 Canadian weather channels, this one has USCG channel 4 sometimes clearer than our CCG :-), though urban interference noises seem to be louder too. More sensitive circuit, probably. And only now I've noticed that Icom M72 is much more powerful Tx than other handheld VHF - 6 watts. Longer casing than M88 (that's why I didn't bother); TAD thinner, though. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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