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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