[ICOM] New 706MKIIG specs

[ACI6 at aol.com]

In a message dated Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:11:31 -0400, YASH at aol.com writes:

>   The newer 706MKIIG"S within the last month, have had their band edge 
beeps 
> and their band edges extended ,by ICOM, at time of manufacture.. all the 
new 
> ones will come this way now. The radio will transmitt anywhere between 
these 
> markers. this holds true for ALL THE BANDS ...the wider coverage.

Gosh, you mean the Icom tech was correct and the dealer had really fresh 
stock and is not a crook after all? Will wonders never cease? . . . When it comes 
to hams going off halfcocked, I think not.

So, now, I suppose the band police among us will show up to tell us how bad 
it is to have a rig that is capable of transmitting out of band. Well, let's 
see, I knew a fellow once and his Kenwood TS-520 would do that and so would his 
Drake twins and so would his Icom IC-38A and they all arrived in that 
condition from the factory. He didn't have a single OO slip or any FCC correspondence 
to show for his ownership and operation of those rigs. Nor did he have any 
from the dozen or so other rigs that he had modified for greater receive and 
transmit coverage or from the military rigs that he owned. I wonder how he managed 
to stay out of trouble with all of that capability and temptation? Could it 
be for the same reason that he didn't jump off any buildings or towers even 
though he had both the means and the opportunity to do so?

Hang in there boys,

Bill