[K3PZN-List] The Icom 706

[James Nitzberg]

Hi Andy;

Interesting observation on the 706 Audio.  The 706 has
very good audio, on both FM and SSB - provided you set
the mic gain fairly low.  I keep my mic gain at 4 for
SSB, and a 1 (that's right, almost OFF) on FM.  Any
higher and I overdrive the radio.  I'm pretty careful
to turn it down to 1 when I go back to FM.  Would be
nice to see in a 706 Mark III a feature that memorized
audio setting with mode.

I can't say enough good things about the 706.  I've
used it as a base radio, a mobile radio, a short wave
receiver, a vacation/portable station rig while
camping, I've baked it in the sun, froze it in the
cold and it (usually) works great.  It's a lot of
radio per dollar.

73,

Jim Nitzberg  WX3B


--- n3mcb@att.net wrote:
> The 706's are rather popular around here - much more
> so than the other
> offerings. The new Yaesu rig is a QRP portable rig,
> I was at AES on Sat. and was
> looking at one with a friend who is a scout leader
> and wants a portable HF/VHF
> rig. It looked nice and we worked a few contacts
> with it and were generaly
> impressed. They did make the compromise on the side
> of portability vs power out
> and features - personaly I'd have a hard time
> reading the display in a car. 
> 
> The one problem I have with the 706 is that many
> people seem to get the mic gain
> messed up - they crank it up when operating on 20m
> phone then switch up to the
> repeater and overdeviate to the point the repeater
> drops them since it can't
> decode the PL in the distorted audio (or the DTMF
> mute kicks in and mutes them).
> The part about this that bothers me is every time
> this happens they seem to call
> me and tell me one of the repeaters is broken....
> 
> Andy
>  
> > How are you coming with selecting a mobile rig? 
> There are a few Icom 706's
> > and Yaesu FT-100's around that club members own
> and I'm sure that they would
> > give you have the 50 cent tour. (I have a '706
> that you can see). Yaesu has
> > a new base/mobile/portable rig that looks
> interesting.  I think it's the
> > FT-897(?).  Works 160m to 70cm.  It has optional
> built-in PS, battery and
> > antenna tuner.
>
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