He'll put one on it if asked, Danny.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: some quick questions on the Icom 706 Mark II. G.


> Hi Tom.
>
> John already told you about holding in the Lock button to read the
> frequency.  That's not my favorite feature of the radio as I seem to have
a
> nasty tendency to inadvertently lock my radio.
>
> Anyway, they can get a keypad for the radio by purchasing the Millenium
> QSYer, which makes keying frequencies, and addressing memories much
> easier.  The cost is about $95.00.  I do have to echo John's comments
about
> the 9 volt batteries, though.  Although Mr. Hansen claims that the current
> draw is so low that it doesn't need an on/off switch, I beg to differ with
> him.  If there were room to work in there easily, I'd modify that sucker
to
> have an on/off switch.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> .
> At 11:52 AM 8/10/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi, all.
> >
> >As EC/RO for my County here in Michigan, I'm in charge of setting
> >up a completely functional ham station at our County's Emergency
> >Operations Center.  One of the radios we have ordered for this
> >set-up is an Icom 706 Mark II. G.
> >
> >In setting up this radio yesterday, I came up with two rather
> >basic questions, for which there must be obvious answers:
> >
> >1.  How do you get an audible frequency read-out on the radio
> >with the UT102 speech chip?  The chip reads out mode info, but
> >not frequency or S meter reading.  What button do we push, and
> >where is it on the radio?
> >
> >2.  What's the best way to enter frequencies into the 706 Mark
> >II. G. memories?  Since you can't do it via a key-pad or the
> >microphone, we seem limited to dialing in the frequency itself,
> >and then setting the parameters before writing things into a
> >memory channel.  It just seems like there has to be an easier way
> >to do this.
> >
> >I'm going to check "icanworkthisthing.com" and the Handiham web
> >site for a users manual, and maybe a quick reference card, but
> >thought I'd ask these basic questions first, since someone on
> >this list probably knows the answers right off the bat.
> >
> >Thanks, and best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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