Dave,
> I'm pretty sure these are illegal in the US&P(ossessions). One of the
> issues was interference with Air Traffic Control communications
> systems, as I recall. Someone on the list may be able to cite chapter
> and verse from US Code, or FCC regs. I may have saved a Navy
> Department spectrum management brief on the subject; if so, I'll > forward off net.
Many of these units are smack dab in the middle of the amateur 2m band. Interestingly I as a licensed amateur could possess and use one, so long as I kept to Part 97 rules, which include identifying with my call sign at regular periods. It's pretty much an auto-patch to be precise.