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It sounds alright through a handset or headset, but yeah, the built in speaker is shit.

We used the MBITRs at the unit I was stationed at in DC. I did not like them. They were huge and the antennas put a low-band MT500 whip to shame - Talk about long and inflexible. They did what we needed them to do, but I always grabbed an Astro Saber (we had those too). Our guys (Australian Defence...

The MBITR is available in a version without COMSEC or ECCM, as well as a version only capable of DES COMSEC. The DES COMSEC mode is compatible with non-XL SECURENET, if you run it at 12kbps instead of the default 16kbps. Interestingly enough, if you run two of them in back to back repeater mode with...

Hi all I'm seriously looking at grabbing a 400-470MHz Icom IC-F80DT. How far will one of these go out of band? Most of my operation will be around 407/416MHz, but I absolutely need several 477MHz freqs too. Any reviews or opinions of this radio would very much be appreciated. I had a little play aro...