Guys, If you have info or replys for individual members please send to them directly.. this is getting way too confusing. DONT HIT REPLY I have over 115 emails today and its getting hard to keep it straight in my poor old brain. And think how Pudge must feel.. he has to get more email than I do. Jim --- On Mon, 12/8/08, skyjedi@xxxxxxx <skyjedi@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: skyjedi@xxxxxxx <skyjedi@xxxxxxx> Subject: [mdmars_members] Re: NTIA Compliance To: mdmars_members@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 2:13 PM Thanks Pudge ! Have a great holiday! Regards. Gary Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: Pudgeforrester@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:26:54 EST To: <mdmars_members@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [mdmars_members] Re: NTIA Compliance Hi Gary, Does the Alinco have a TXCO option that gives .5 ppm stablity? I don't know the answer. I don't believe the 8800 would be legal on VHF/UHF, do to the strict standards. In fact most VHF amateur transceivers would not meet the frequency tolerance for VHF and UHF. A couple of relatively inexpensive ($300 range) options for narrow band VHF are the Vertex VX 4204 for base/mobile and the Icom IC-F33 handheld. Both have 256 or more channels but they do need to be computer programmed. God bless, Pudge