Brand new, NTC-approved, inexpensive handheld radios!

[Panache]

In PA we have comm kits containing, issued to units, that contain 10 or so ISR's.  They are in a aluminum tool case with foam padding and cut outs.  I'm not sure if thats a pa thing or more broadly implemented.

They're also not real ISRs (at least not the ones we have).  They're off-the-shelf FRS/GMRS radios, which you can't use on actual missions.

[brent.teal]

Hmm, lurs are actual icom's however to your point I never read the model number so I dont' know for sure.  I am fairly certain they are since we've used them at summer hawk this past year.  I'll have to take a closer look. 

[Eclipse]

They're off-the-shelf FRS/GMRS radios, which you can't use on actual missions.

And of course NO ONE would use the GMRS frequencies without the proper licenses.

(Says someone who actually paid the $75).

[Panache]

They're off-the-shelf FRS/GMRS radios, which you can't use on actual missions.

And of course NO ONE would use the GMRS frequencies without the proper licenses.

(Says someone who actually paid the $75).

I actually had to correct another squadron's Comm officer because they had everybody's radios set to a GMRS frequency during an airshow.

There was talk of removing the licensing requirement for GMRS, but it seems to be held up in bureaucratic heck right now.

[brent.teal]

Yep icom IC-4008M ISR.