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ve3tiz:
The obstacle to 220 when I first got licenced (1991) was that equipment was not as easy to find and when you did it was expensive, which is doubly hard to swallow when you suddenly find out there is no one else on the band!    Now with lots of Chicom radios with 222 capability that might be a game changer?    Our local machine went back on the air after a 20 years hiatus and is getting some fair usage -- and lots of that is from owners of Chicom rigs (guilty as charged here as well).

ThaDood:
Me too, 2 years ago. My review of the B-Tech UV-25X4,   https://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/13440   (Mine is The Perks And Jerks one.)    The 222MHz side is really the only thing useful to me, since the RX on VHF-high and UHF just suffers too much from out of band IMD. Not a problem on 222MHz, at least. Needless to say, I took that rig out of my truck, due to the IMD and put that TM-241A 2M rig back in. Go with what works. And, it's still true, ya get what ya pay for.

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