[Mobile-Portable] IC706

[lcomden at comcast.net]

Thanks, Mac. Learning things even after two years with the 706!!!
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From: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
> 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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