We learned about Banks - you can put any memory channels into a bank and scan only the bank. Originally, DH and I talked about cloning mine from his but he decided since his was a little chaotic (he'd been adding repeaters in as he traveled, etc.), we'd program mine like we wanted it then clone it to DH's. I'll try to remember to post what that is like to program it (if I can't find a way to clone it from DH's. I've messed with DH's some taking out some memory channels and it wasn't bad. I will say that tonight I will see how easy the 208H is to program. I can just tune that memory channel in to see whose around. Since I can set it to skip that memory channel, I don't get one-sided conversations. Without the ability to skip that memory channel, my radio stops on him and a lot of times on the static I do get from who he is talking to. It gets frustrating only getting part of a conversation. But, on the road to and from work (we live out of town), I can usually pick him up but not who he is talking to. There is a local fellow that hangs out on a simplex frequency. My favorite feature (which may be standard on all radios) is that I can skip memory channels while scanning. I've never used any other radio beside this one and the older Icom so I can't compare but I like mine. Yesterday, with a local repeater, I was probably 50 miles or more apart from DH and we had a nice chat while he was traveling. With roof mount antennas on our vehicles, we can talk about 15 miles apart with city between us on simplex. I've been using an older Icom that allows you to monitor 2m and 70 cm at once.
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