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Icom all the way
1. Service available all over the world.
2. Proper communications company with confirmed technical specifications, standards and performance.
3. Widely used professionally and commercially.
4. Many parts and products still made in Japan with Japanese quality standards.
5. Manuals readily available.
Most other VHF brands are just rebadged junk made in the same factory. You cant seem to find acceptance certificates for meeting EU EMC, FCC and ACMA standards.
People think that a VHF is VHF however when you measure critical performance like receiver sensitivity, transmitter VSWR tolerance to damage, receiver dynamic range, spurious output you will find brands like Icom are well ahead of the pack.
