That concurs with my manual. Remember the 21 amp transmit current is intermittent; key down or voice peaks as may be applicable. 73 <> Carl K8CM At 07:32 AM 4/15/2003 -0500, you wrote: >The ARRL review shows 1.4 amps on receive and 21 amps >on full power transmit. At 13.8 volts, that's about 20 watts >and 290 watts respectively. I don't have a 706 handy to >test lower power operation.