I'm actually thinking about putting a small switch on the side of mine,
haven't found the right one yet, but I'm looking in to it, it definitely
needs something, I'm glad I'm not the only one with that problem.
----- 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
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At 11:52 AM 8/10/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, all.
>
>As EC/RO for my County here in Michigan, I'm in charge of setting
>up a completely functional ham station at our County's Emergency
>Operations Center. One of the radios we have ordered for this
>set-up is an Icom 706 Mark II. G.
>
>In setting up this radio yesterday, I came up with two rather
>basic questions, for which there must be obvious answers:
>
>1. How do you get an audible frequency read-out on the radio
>with the UT102 speech chip? The chip reads out mode info, but
>not frequency or S meter reading. What button do we push, and
>where is it on the radio?
>
>2. What's the best way to enter frequencies into the 706 Mark
>II. G. memories? Since you can't do it via a key-pad or the
>microphone, we seem limited to dialing in the frequency itself,
>and then setting the parameters before writing things into a
>memory channel. It just seems like there has to be an easier way
>to do this.
>
>I'm going to check "icanworkthisthing.com" and the Handiham web
>site for a users manual, and maybe a quick reference card, but
>thought I'd ask these basic questions first, since someone on
>this list probably knows the answers right off the bat.
>
>Thanks, and best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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