[ICOM] Icom 706mKIIG-What a bargain!

[John Geiger]

According to the AES catalog, the 706 original was
$1250 back then, and that was without DSP, 70cm, and
only 10 watts on 2 meters.  Still a good bargain back
then, and still an excellent rig on the used market
today.  The Alinco DX70T was around $900 in 1996, with
no DSP, no 2 meters, no internal keyer, and only 10
watts on 6.

73s John NE0P

--- D C Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:

> There are still some of us around who remember
> that the Collins KW-1 (1 KW input on AM) cost
> $3850 in 1955 dollars!!!!!  Then you still had to
> buy the 75A-1 at around $400 or so.  The two
> ran about the average annual wage at that time!!
> A man who made $100 a week was considered
> quite fortunate!!
> 
> How soon folks forget or don't realize how great
> we have it today.
> 
> 73  ---  Mac, K2GKK/5
> 
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: John Geiger <johngeig at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net,
> ic706 at yahoogroups.com,icom706 at yahoogroups.com, 
>
ic-706MKiiG at yahoogroups.com,ic-706mk2g at yahoogroups.com
> CC: nh6cj at yahoo.com, Mike Wood
> <wo7gi at yahoo.com>,"Donald M. Ross" 
> <dross at sirinet.net>
> Subject: [ICOM] Icom 706mKIIG-What a bargain!
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:21:55 -0800 (PST)
> 
> If my memory is correct, this year is the 10th
> anniversary of the Icom 706 series, as I believe the
> original 706 came out in late 1995-probably in time
> for Christmas.  When it came out, I wanted one in
> the
> worst way, but couldn't afford it being a poor
> graduate student.  My station at that time was an
> Icom
> 720A for HF and a Kenwood TS600 with 100 watt tube
> amp
> for 6. No 2 meter SSB at that time in my shack.
> 
> Just for fun, I decided to see what a station with
> the
> capabilities of the 706MKIIG would have cost 10
> years
> ago, in early 1995.  The prices listed below are
> from
> the AES catalogs of that time.  To get something
> with
> the capabilities of the 706MKIIG you would need:
> 
> Kenwood TS50-$1040
> MFJ Econo keyer-$50
> Timewave DSP9 DSP filter-$169
> MFJ 9406X 6 meter rig (at 10 watts)-$240
> CW adaptor for 9406-$40
> Mirage A1015 6 meter amp (to get to 100 watts)-$350
> Yaesu FT290RII 2 meter all mode, 25W-$630
> Tone encoder/decoder for 290-$42
> Yaesu FT790RII 70cm all mode, 25W-$720
> Tone encoder/decoder for 790-$42
> 
> Grand total of $3323
> 
> And that is assuming that you would move the DSP
> filter and keyer from rig to rig.  With this setup,
> you would get 50 watts more on 6 meters, but 25
> watts
> less on 2, and most would agree that the 706MKIIG
> does
> much better on 6 than the MFJ 9406 would do.  I just
> went for lowest cost.  The package total might be
> less
> if the Alinco DX70TH was out at that time (early
> 1995)
> which it may have been.  ALso, the faceplate on the
> TS50 is not remotable.
> 
> The best price I could find for a 706MKIIG was $739
> at
> Ham Radio Outlet.  This means that the 706MKIIG is
> $2584 less than a similar equipped station in 1995
> dollars, and is a whole lot smaller.  What a truely
> remarkable deal!
> 
> 73s John NE0P
> 
> 
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