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N7HO	Rating: 5/5	Nov 28, 2009 00:30	Send this review to a friend!
Good sturdy radio.			Time owned: more than 12 months
I have two IC-H16's and 3 Midland 70-154B's. The Midlands are H16 "clones" and program the same way. They work very well in the 2 meter band. Batteries are common and still easy to get. They are field programmable(with jumper removed), have tone encode/decode, scan, priority, have TX inhibit so you can still monitor your favorite law enforcement frequencies without worry of transmitting out of band, and you can even change the channel numbers to reflect a frequency, ie: change channel "02" to "96" as in the 146.96 repeater, or "52" for 146.52, etc. The H16 has a 13.8 V DC input jack, standard speaker mike jack, and a TNC antenna jack. The Midland lacks the DC input jack but has a standard BNC antenna jack. You can also use the H16 to clone memories to the Icom IC-V100 VHF mobile radio (The mobile counterpart to the H16) which also works great on the 2-Meter band. All these radios can be picked up for cheap or sometimes even free if you look in the right places. Good sturdy if bulky radios. I suggest replacing the rubber duck antenna with one made for the 2-meter band for better performance, and you will have a 2 meter HT that can rival some of the new stuff.
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