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A number of quality units (including Icom, Standard, etc.) have been complying with ITU Class D for years
In Response To: Full notice here..... 
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() For the last three years or so, those Class D units have been pretty standard for quality units.
I don't know about mobile units -- the biggest issue is the GPS for many of them.
At some point, I think you're spending money to power-up features that of dubious value for a mobile unit.
They now have personal Emergency Locators -- soon there will be ones with built-in text messaging that may be two way (like Spot).
In any event, if it were me, I'd get one of the ACR personal units and a mobile VHF which has a lot of battery capacity. Eventually you'll be carrying a lot of gear. In warm climes, where you aren't routinely wearing a stom jacket, that gets a bit more cumbersome :^)
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- Need a new Handheld VHF, is there one out there that ...
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- I think the two most important features are
- An important note.....
- Doesn't that say (in esscences) -- IF you have a DSC unit, it has to be compliant with the (higher) ITU standard?
- All previous versions comply....
- Full notice here.....
- A number of quality units (including Icom, Standard, etc.) have been complying with ITU Class D for years
- Doesn't that say (in esscences) -- IF you have a DSC unit, it has to be compliant with the (higher) ITU standard?
- thanks everyone ...
