[ICOM] I love my 706g

Wed May 27 22:16:34 EDT 2009

Just don't kill an IC-22!  

Mike
WM4B

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of D C *Mac* Macdonald
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:00 PM
To: Icom Forum
Subject: Re: [ICOM] I love my 706g

Find an old Icom IC-20 or IC-21 and use the helical resonator pack that gave
those radios such great front-end selectivity!

That still leaves the 70cm band, but they might just work for 2m.

73 - Mac, K2GKK/5

> From: mwbesemer at cox.net
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 21:56:59 -0400
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] I love my 706g
> 
> Sounds reasonable to me, Kurt. I'd be interested in seeing how it comes
> out.
> 
> What's your source for the helicals?
> 
> Mike
> WM4B
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On
> Behalf Of KD7JYK DM09
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:36 PM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] I love my 706g
> 
> I am considering some brute force helical filters for 2m and 440,
something
> in the 80-90db range, space isn't an issue so much as a usable radio.
These
> would be switched in, so a seperate one for HF, 6m, 2m, 440, would be OK.
> 
> Kurt
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Krichbaum" <vailphil at sopris.net>
> 
> : I used one of the ICE 6m filters west of Denver where 5 megawatt ERP
> : ch2 just blew away my 706 MKIIG from 6 miles airline and line of sight.
> : Even with that I had to use the attenuator to keep the Ch 2 audio out of
> 
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