It is a geek thing. It has both AM for the aircraft band, FM for amateur
2-meters, the whole FM broadcast band AND a spectrum analyzer to see what
channels either side of the one you are on are being used.

I gotta agree, that digital recorder is a pretty nice feature also.

Jim



"Jay Honeck"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

- Respectfully disagree. The Vertex/Yaesu got one of our "BEST OF SHOW"
-awards
- this year for doing things the Icom can only dream of.
-
-Dang -- I KNEW we shoulda made it to your forum!
-
-What's it do that's so cool? (Heck, my ICOM even records transmissions for
-later listening!)


Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com