The Icom 2820 is one of my workhorses. Although no longer modern with touchscreens and intuitive click and go, it is still a solid radio. I purchased 2 of these in 2007 for mobile and base work. Additionally a IC92 with GPS microphone. D-Star was promising!
Some Technical features:
- PL Encode/Decode
- Diversity Reception
- 522 Memories
- Weather Alert (USA only)
- Band Scope
- V/V, U/U Simultaneous Receive
- Three RF Output Levels 50/15/5W
- Left Band Receive: 118-549.99 MHz
- Right Band Receive: 118-173.99, 375-549.99, 810-999.99 MHz (less cellular)
- Optional UT-123 DV Digital Voice / GPS