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Re: some quick questions on the Icom 706 Mark II. G.
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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:18:21 -0400
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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]>
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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.

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