[ICOM] Activity question for Icom 706 radios

[AA6DX - Mark]

Yep, know that one .. my parents used to buy .. then keep .. the super thick 
plastic seat covers, like on their `54 Chevy with the PREMIUM upholstery .. 
or before that, their `53 hemi Dodge .. we kids slid around, or .. 
conversely .. stuck to it .. depending on wx .. and, when they sold the OLD 
car, the new owner had the privilege of sitting their cheapo seat butts into 
a nice, new set of high value upholstery ..saved for by my non-understanding 
mom and pops.  My cars have always been "used" .. including a new Ferrari .. 
lots of folks said "save it" . .  . why do that?  Drove it to SF meetings 
with the NCCC, etc .. whata hey.  Never put an HF rig in that one, but had 
multiple VHF!  All plastic removed.
However, there were some rigs that the saving of the covering worked nicely 
with the factory plastic, like .. the Tempo One ..  and the Fox Tangos of 
that era.  So .. choose your poison.   I kinda vote on it, if it is a rig I 
may soon part with, I leave the "protection" be .. If it is a "keeper" ... I 
take the plastic off, it is   M I N E !!  I have never, that I can remember, 
keep the plastic on any ICOM rig I intended to leave in my stable, including 
all current ... like, my P2, 736, 706MKIIG, ad-infinitum ---
73   Mark  AA6DX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter markavage" <manualman at juno.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Activity question for Icom 706 radios


Ya suppose to take that off??? Hi
Mine is still in place and so is the one on the 756 PRO II screen.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:28:13 EST W4ABW at aol.com writes:
> Never used my 706 MKIIG on 6, 2 or above, any mode.
> Made only a few qsos on 20m, SSB only
> Wooops, I never even took the lil plastic cover off the display
> screen
> either.
>
> Al
> W4ABW