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Hi.
Does anyone know which way this setting defaults on the Icom 706 Mk II
G? I am pretty sure I've never touched this setting, so it is set on my
radio to whatever the factory default is set to.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 12:20 AM 3/10/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi All, there was a discussion here a while back about not so good =
>battery life on John Hansen's little box. This evening I was editing =
>the qsyer manual and deleating any references except for Icom radios, =
>when I came across this quote in the configuration portion.
>"
>
>If your ICOM radio has a menu item that says something like "CI-V 731 =
>mode," make sure it is set to "off". Also be make sure that the CI-V =
>transceive setting
>is set to "off".
>This will cause the battery in the keypad to last longer."
> I once had a 706Original which I never had a proper cable to =
>program. But I do remember in the ham radio deluxe instructs, we were =
>told to turn that civ setting _On! Weren't we?
>So, if you're using the radio alternately, with both the keypad and the =
>computer, and forgetting to turn off the above outlined setting, when =
>unplugging the computer and using the keypad, it would stand to reason =
>that the battery drain would be increased. Just a thought, Check your =
>situations out and let us know, please.
>HTH, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.
>
>
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