It's a ten watt all mode with built in tuner, has much less current draw in 
receive than does the 706,  the + model has six meters, the straight, does 
not.  Great lil radio. dd.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: Icom IC703 Questions


> I'm not sure what the 703 does, is it a low power version of the 706?
> If you don't need 6 and up, you might take a look at the 718.  I won one
> of those last march, and for a $600 radio, it does a lot of stuff and
> the qsyer works just great on it.
> 73
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
> open Node 3148
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Eric Clegg wrote:
>
>> Thanks John for the info.
>>
>> I'm going to call around to HRO tomorrow and see if they have any 703 
>> radios
>> left.
>>
>> I was always horrified at the price of that Icom to computer interface.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Eric
>> KU3I
>>
>>
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