there's no way to turn it off, yet, it doesn't matter if it's plugged in or
not, others have the same short life I do so I guess it's just part of it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: some quick questions on the Icom 706 Mark II. G.


John, make sure the qsyer's turned off when not in use, and unplugged from
the rig, otherwise it should do pretty well at battery life, if you still
have problems, touch base with John Hansen, there may be a problem in your
unit.  SDorry this is so late in vcoming, I've been gone a coupple of weeks,
thanks, Danny Dyer, wb4idu.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: some quick questions on the Icom 706 Mark II. G.


> well, the 706 was made to be small mobile and portable, so I can certainly
> understand it, honestly, I don't miss the key pad at all, I hardly use it
> anyway and when I do the QSY'r helps though I can't seem to keep a battery
> in the thing any good.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 2:26 PM
> Subject: Re: some quick questions on the Icom 706 Mark II. G.
>
>
>     Ok, John.
>
> The button you are referring to near the tuning knob seems to be
> similarly placed to the one on my IC718.
>
> Will give it a try.
>
> It's a shame it's not any easier to enter frequencies.  The 718
> and 746 have a key pad which makes a world of difference.
>
> Best 73 from Tomn Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:53 PM
> Subject: Re: some quick questions on the Icom 706 Mark II. G.
>
>
> For the frequency read out and s meter, hold the lock key in for
> 1 second,
> it's the one to the left of the tuning dial on the bottom, you
> have the mode
> on top, then step size is a little to the left and down, then is
> the display
> button just below that to the bottom of the tuning dial, and
> under that, a
> little to the right, but still to the left to the tuning dial is
> the lock
> button, you push that fast to lock the tuning dial, and hole it
> for 1 second
> for the Read out in speech. Best way to tune in frequencies on hf
> is with
> the tuning dial or get the QSY'r, if you're talking about
> UHF/VHF, you can
> use the up down buttons on the mic, or I believe you can make it
> so the
> multi function knob, the one in the middle of the IF shift knob,
> under
> volume and just like the volume control, I think you can tune
> with that, but
> don't hold me to that, that might just be for memory, U use the
> up and down
> buttons on the mic for that or the QSY'r. We have 3 or 4 of them
> never even
> used at the emergency management office here and I have mine
> which is going
> on vacation with me when I leave Saturday and it's all set. Hope
> I helped.