it's funny, I sit in front of a Kenwood radio on field days, and use the
keypad and usually the radio's owner says "that's how you do that?" it's
funny, I find it comes in handy but it's not that bad on the 706 with out
it, I can use the radio though the QSY'er helps
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: some quick questions on the Icom 706 Mark II. G.
Hi Tom.
If you live in an area where PL tones are widely used on repeaters, then
you might want to load them into memories and address them that way as PL
tones are not at all easy to set up on the '706, but if you can have
someone store all of the repeaters in memories that you can address with
the rotary detented control, then the problem goes away quite nicely. Of
course, you could still address these mories very quickly and easily with
the keypad.
I find that it makes quite abit of difference in the usability and
convenience of the radio, and I have found in my own radio club that when
I've taken the radio to various operating events that the sighted users
appreciate the keypad just as much as I do.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 09:42 PM 8/10/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> Thanks for this info, Lou.
>
>We will check out the QSYer, if the county has any more money
>left to purchase it.
>
>Actually, my hope is that once we get the important freqs into
>memory, there should be little need to work extensively with the
>tuning knob, except for minor adjustments here and there.
>
>Thanks again for the info.
>
>Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:31 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
Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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