[ICOM] re: 706mk2

[Ed Yeary]

Hart, the receive on HF is wonderful in my opinion. I don't have any
empirical stats but we had 2 going on field day and everyone that attended
and had not seen one in action went away saying " Wow!". I haven't operated
any 2 meter sideband so I can't answer that one. Neither of the radios at
field day had filters installed. For casual ragchewing and dxing I wouldn't
think a filter is necessary for SSB. It has decent DSP at the AF stage and
good sensitivity on all bands as far as I can tell. Several people at field
day left saying they were seriously thinking about getting one. An old timer
I know that has only used tubes in the past is also getting ready to buy
one. I can't really think of any bad points that are major to the rig. I'm
not much on picking nits though.
Ed Yeary W4TEY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hart Engel" <va3kis at hotmail.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:34 AM
Subject: [ICOM] re: 706mk2


> I see here on this reflector there is a lot of talk about the 706mk2 rig.
So
> that pops up a few question for you owners.
> How is the receive on hf? Do I need to buy any further filters for ssb
> operation? or would the stock ones be OK? Has anyone used it on 2m ssb?
and
> how was it?
> As an all round rig what would you say are the good and bad points to look
> for if I was to buy one?
>
> Hart
>
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