[Elecraft] OT: Need advice -- mobile 706 857 and K2

[Chuck Mabbott]

I preferred the 706 because size of numbers on display and ease of accessing 
the knobs.  Not to mention at the time I bought the remote head was free.

The 857 has some small buttons on the knob and when your driving and in 
traffic some of these could be hit incorrectly.   Visualize mounted in car 
and driving in traffic and trying different functions with a single hand.

I got a chance to play with both at a swap and after some things with the 
buttons I ended up picking the 706.

The 706 seems to have a better layout if the choice is between the two.  Now 
I am sure some of the folks run the K? mobile and it does have a nice layout 
and large numbers also.

Again that is only an opinion and mileage may vary.

73
---
Chuck
"In theory there is no difference between
 theory and practice.  But in practice there is.."




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wrmoore47 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:41 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Need advice


> I'm thinking about getting an HF mobile rig.  Don't really want to subject 
> my K2 (#337) to that environment, although it would probably do fine.  I'm 
> trying to decide between an IC-706MkIIG and an FT-857D.  Right now price 
> is causing me to favor the 857.  Any advice???
>
> --
> Randy Moore, KS4L
> Huntsville, AL
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