[ICOM] Icom 706MKII question

[Phil Krichbaum]

A compromise on the filters is to use the RTTY filter on CW. The 250 
Icom filter is probably more like 350 anyways and the 500 more like 600 
or wider.
 I put the RTTY filter in my 706MKIIG but don't remember the advertised 
width.
    Phil N0KE

John wrote:
> On the Icom 706MKII (not the MKIIG) can you have the filter settings
> different on each VFO when running split?  I have an Icom 706 original, and
> if you use the narrow CW filter on VFO A, VFO B will also use the narrow
> filter.  I know on the MKIIG you can have different filter settings for
> each VFO, but how about for the MKII?  When running a split frequency
> pileup on CW, I like to have the narrow filter in line for the receive
> frequency to hear the DX, but it is nice to have the other VFO (the
> transmit one) in a 2.4khz bandwidth so when you use the XFC button you can
> find the station he is working easier.  I have resisted putting the 250hz
> CW filter in my 706 original and stuck with the 500hz one due to this
> limitation.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
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