Sean generally speaking the ut102 only tells you the frequency, and that's 
it.  Don't bother locking out the modes because you might want to use them 
later and once you've locked them out, you would have to remember how to 
unlock them at some future point. 73- pat kk3f
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:09 PM
Subject: icom IC-718


> Hi all, I'm a month or two off purchasing an Icom IC-718.
> I'll direct this question at tom as he seems to know enough about the
> 718 at this juncture.
> what I'd like to know is,
> if you're in the initial set menu, and you want to set something up say,
> the mode select function to lock out modes you're not legally allowed to
> operate, do you get any indication at all, whether it be via beep, or
> output from the ut-102 as to the mode you're on before you lock it out
> with the tuning dial?
> I plan on locking out the RTTY modes and using USB, LSB, AM, and both cw
> modes.
> I don't want to have to cycle through them all if I don't have to.
> thanks in advance.
>
> -- 
> Shaun,
> vk2fese,
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>