I got the backpack for the 703 but not everything fits so I don't know what
I'll do, I have an old backpack from school that I never used so maybe I'll
use the 703 backpack to protect the 706 and manage to get everything else in
that other backpack, I don't want the radio getting all banged up though I'm
sure a couple scratches are inevitable but. Which 706 do you have? I think
the MKIIG gets a little hot for a field day. I might make mine available to
the club I belong to for field day if I know it can take it. I can see times
when the QSY'er is good but I don't find it as an absolute need, mainly it's
easier to enter the frequency then to tune to the frequency but tuning
around is not a huge deal for me.  I'm still trying to decide on an antenna
for portable use but I'm thinking a smaller dipole might be the way I'll go.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: radio differences


> Hi.
>
> Actually, I have the Icom 706, the AT-180 auto tuner, the Millenium QSYer
> keypad, and the MFJ 24 Amp switching power supply, and the whole thing
> goes
> into a L.L. Bean backpack and is still light enough to carry.  Personally,
> I think that the functionality of the keypad makes all the difference in
> the world with that radio.  I've taken my "backpack" station to one Field
> Day, and to one Special Event on an emergency basis after getting a
> telephone call that their main radio went down.   It goes into the pack in
> about 10 minutes, and takes about 5 minutes to set up when I get to the
> other end.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>