[ICOM] Next generation 706 and 746?

[joel hallas]

It also lacks 60 M operation and the competition (FT-857D/987D) has that 
now. It would, I think, be easy to do. It would be great if they did, 
then I could pick up a "G" for less!

73, Joel, W1ZR

John Geiger wrote:

>In all honesty, I am not sure that Icom will update
>the 706MKIIG anytime soon, nor do they probably need
>to.  I assume that it is still selling very well, and
>does everything that its competitors do, in some cases
>probably better.  The only thing it lacks compared to
>the Yaesu models is a memory keyer, and a DSP bandpass
>filter.
>
>73s John NE0P
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>--- Gary Fiber <g.fiber at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>Built in manual, starts to coffee on Field Day ;)
>>It will be interesting to see what they do when its
>>time to build a new box.
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>>Gary K8IZ
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>>At 12:25 PM 12/10/2004, you wrote:
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>>>Yeah!  with 222 and 1.2G SSB/CW, a memory keyer,
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>>and
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>>>the built in tuner from the 703 would be a good
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>>start.
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>>>73s John NE0P
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>>Gary Fiber K8IZ
>>GROL PG-19-6691
>>Washington State Resident
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