[Mobile-Portable] IC706

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

You  CAN  adjust RF gain with a 706* but
you have to go into the menu to take it
off the default mode which is combined
RF Gain and Squelch.

Mac - K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City, OK



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Larry Comden" <lcomden at comcast.net>
Reply-To: Mobile-Portable Reflector <mobile-portable at mailman.qth.net>
To: "Mobile-Portable Reflector" <mobile-portable at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Mobile-Portable] IC706
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:44:10 -0500

We just ran our club 2M simplex contest with 50 to 100 stations in the local 
area.. I was mobile with my IC706 MkIIG. Strong signals on adjacent (15KHz) 
FM channels were bleeding thru so badly that weak signals (the life blood of 
a contest like this) were swamped. We were definitely not operating side by 
side. My competitors were 3 or more miles away - some mobiling some fixed. 
All stations limited to 50W.

I've also noticed this effect in other locations near paging, radio and TV 
transmitters. Does anyone on the list know what front end VHF/UHF filtering 
is done in this rig?

At home on HF I can use the RF gain to reduce the effect.


Larry K3VX
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