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radio guy
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icom radios iraq

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http://mrtmag.com/mag/radio_iraq_shows_army/

The U.S. Army standard issue squad radio, described as the “Soldier's Intercom” is the Icom IC-F3S VHF radio. It was selected in 1998 as a COTS (Commercial off-the-shelf) purchase to fill the Army's need for an intra-squad radio. Soldiers had “no confidence” in it and called its range unsatisfactory. A few soldiers used their own funds to buy handsets and longer antennas for the units. Instead, “everyone” had “Motorola-type” hand-held radios with “vastly better range and power performance.” The report doesn't specify if the soldier-purchased units were designed for business or personal usage.
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Hamradiostuffing
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good grief

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No wonder icom is raising pricing
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