Hi John, Ok many thanks for this it is very much appreciated. I don't like
the TS 200-0 I find that with using hearing aids I cannot understand the
sound on it as good as I do with the TS 570.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Icom 706 manual
> The TS-570 is more accessible, the 706 is good for go kit or backup, but
> I'd
> sure hate to have to use it every day which is why I keep my 570 around
> though I have the TS-2000. Too many functions on too few buttons, in the
> NTS
> nets and stuff I get in to daily, I can't stop to think about which button
> does what because some idiot wants to tune up on top of us and I have to
> turn on the notch filter. I know the radio enough to do stuff like that
> but
> really, if I had to use that daily because my main radio was in the shop
> or
> something, I don't think my patience would last long. I'd even rather run
> my
> TS-830 regularly over that one though I don't have much problem with it on
> vacations and stuff so maybe it wouldn't drive me that crazy. Anyway, all
> that talks on the 706 is the S meter, mode and frequency. The rest you do
> with beeps mostly and in the menus, you change settings with the tuning
> dial
> so you have to really guess there until you learn how far to turn for the
> next setting. Luckily for me, I run the HF power almost wide open on that
> radio and the mic gain has to be all the way on the 706 and most icoms so
> wide open is easy because the settings don't rap around, once you get to
> the
> highest or lowest setting, it stays there until you turn the knob the
> other
> way.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "andrew shipp" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:11 AM
> Subject: Re: Icom 706 manual
>
>
>> Hi All, Ok here is a silly one, I see quite a bit of talk about this
>> Icom
>> 706, Now how accessible is this? do all the buttons read out when
>> pressed?
>> I am not sure at the moment which radio to go for I have the chance of
>> this
>> one Icom 706, or the Kenwood TS 570, I must have one of these as I am a
>> deaf blind person and I can hear these better than the more modern ones.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:56 PM
>> Subject: Icom 706 manual
>>
>>
>>> Is the 706 manual available any place in text format?
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>>
>>> K0NX
>>> The Zenith Tube
>>> www.RedWhiteAndBlue.org
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