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Originally Posted by Sunspot Baby  I am told by newer purchasers that theirs came unlocked. Hearsay only. |
Yes, they now ship "opened up" to transmit on the entire frequency range. Previously you either used cloning software or a keying sequence at power up. Another thing I have recently discovered with the M802 is that they are shipped with the speech compression feature turned off, yet this feature is one of their selling points. Iv'e been able to check about 6 different radio's, 2 of them recently purchased. Iv'e used the cloning software to turn it on which is the only way to do it.
Eric
BTW, the link you provided from Icom only shows that it can receive 0.5-29.999Mhz and that it can only transmit on the marine bands. It does not indicate the the radio is "opened up". But they do have the
Icom America - Knowledge Base Article 57DG1541A3 procedure to do that in their documentation.