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I use the Icom ir-r2, and I too had problems picking up anybody but the immediate posts.
The reason is that the ic-r2 has such a wide frequency range that the antenna you get with it is 'jack of all trades and master of none' and not very good at it. BUT you can get a banded antenna for VHF as all circuits use the 160 - 170 band (i forget the exact freqs) I paid £5 for the antenna but I did need a converter from the screw in type to a standard BNC.
Now I can get every post on the circuit.
What I like about the ic-r2 is the size, it's not much bigger than a normal radio and does'nt get in the way, and maplins sell them for about £80 so I can't argue with that...
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