[ICOM] Wanted to buy

Tue Nov 1 16:35:19 EDT 2011

'ProIII on a bicycle?

This I GOTTA see!

William J. (Jim) Wickstrom, W1IK
Technical Director,
Utica/Shelby Emergency Communication Association (USECA)
w1ik at arrl.net
www.usecaarc.com 

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:01:31 -0600
From: "Mike Olbrisch" <mike-2007 at elp.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Wanted to buy.
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
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Howdy.... 

It would have to be really cheap.  Really really cheap.  Almost a give-away.
I have plenty of big power hungry equipment already.

I would need to beef up the handle-bar mount on my bicycle considerably, and
I am not sure how I could remote the controls when using it as a man-pack
radio on my back-pack frame.  

What is it's minimum current drain on 12v battery power?  I might have to
increase my bicycle and backpack battery capacity too.  

Anything is possible I guess.  But I specifically want a 703-PLUS because it
is light-weight, low power consumption, and the front panel can be mounted
separately from the main chassis.

So what is cheap?  Tempt me.

Vy73 - Mike - KD9KC.
El Paso, Texas - DM61rt.
W5-SOTA Association Manager.
W5-SOTA info: www.qsl.net/kd9kc/