"DeWayne" wrote:

You do know that the US version has part of the 800 MHz band blocked
by mistake? Unless Icom fixed the problem that is.


DeWayne,

Unfortunately, that's by design by Icom for US sales.

My issue between the Yaesu and the Icom was the freq gaps in the 300-400
MHz area. (Frequency Gaps: 339-340, 351-352, 372-373, 384-385, 396-
397).

I do believe I'll be quite happy with the R5.

Thanks for writing.

Much Respect,

Charlie Chan