[ICOM] 746 on 60 meters

Jim Miller JimMiller at STL-Online.Net
Fri May 28 21:19:00 EDT 2004


Let me expand this question to the original 746.  Would it also work on 60?
I had earlier heard that the 706MK2 would but that the 746 would not.
Wanting to verify for the 746.

Tnx es 73, de Jim KG0KP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JerryM" <jmangas at fast.net>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 5:56 PM
Subject: [ICOM] IC-735 on 60 meters


> Trying again:
>
> A question was posed in the July 2003 Archives re putting the 735 on 60
mtrs
> and could it be done?
>
> The short answer is YES!. Simply do the out of band diodes cut and away
you
> go, remembering on 60M the 50 watt ERP max limit and the channelization
and
> USB only requirement. There are no difficulties with band pass problems as
> suggested by one responder. This rig performs perfectly on 60M. (as does
the
> 706IIG). 60 meters is a perfect, semi-quiet round-robin rag-chew or mobile
> frequency that covers like
> 40 in the daytime and 75 at nite, and would be great for emergency ops if
> that
> need ever comes about.
>
> Jerry WC8R/3
>
>
>
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