I have to agree, it's good for pulling out on vacation or to a special event
station for me, but I very much prefer my other 3 HF radios, if I really had
problems here I think it would be my last choice in the chain of backup
radios.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: Icom 706 manual
> Hi John.
>
> My thoughts on the Icom IC706 MkII G are as follows:
>
> 1. From the standpoint of accessibility, while the radio has many
> shortcomings, the only one that I found to matter a great deal was setting
> up PL tones. This was enough of a problem that it caused me to by the
> Kenwood TS2000S. If Icom had ever bothered to develop a memory control
> program like Kenwood did for the TS2000S, it would have been a usable
> situation, but a radio that I can't set Pls on is as useful to me as you
> know what on a boar hog
>
> 2. I have found the receiver on the Icom IC706 MkII G does not handle
> strong signals well, and is woefully inferior to the TS2000S on VHF and
> UHF
> in an urban area, as the Kenwood seems to be much more resistant to
> intermod and desensitization.
>
> I keep the radio as a spare, but really wouldn't like to have to depend
> upon it for very long. It's nice to tote out to a Field Day site though.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 08:58 AM 10/28/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>>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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