Now it's a source of enjoyment and a challenge. I get a kick out of seeing how much I can do with less.įor 40 years, working on radios was what brought home the bacon. Well, getting on the air enough to get my CW speed up would be nice.
If I never make DXCC, or get any other sort of award, it wouldn't really matter to me. Having 6&2 meter capability is nice, but I've never had all of that in one radio before.e I have NO intention of ever entering a contest.
I think I need to refine my comments somewhat which might narrow the choices of suitable rigs. The question is: if NOT an Icom 706MKIIG, then what? So, if I'm making overtime work for the Molehill Mountain Company in my rig quest, so be it. Oh, and would you throw in a DiGiorno's Quattro Formage Stuffed Crust pizza as well? Since I've seen used IC7100's as low as $675, I am using that as my target, with a little wiggle room for something nice.
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BUT, anything that makes me turn the RF gain control to 7, set the bandswitch halfway between 40 and 80, pull out on the volume control, click the soft key (NO! Not THAT one!) three times, and scroll to sub menu 13 of main menu 3 just to find out how to switch from LSB to CW is more than I want to deal with.Ħ. That is relative to the knowledge and temperament of the user. If it doesn't work when I want it to, nothing else matters much.ĥ. Besides sensitivity and 100 other factors, the ability to zero in on a desired signal while shunting others out of the pass band or stomping them down would be appreciated.Ĥ. I don't have much space for my "shack".ģ. Something around the size of the 706 family would be nice. One of the major brands so that parts and the depth of knowledge so evident on these forums can help me find needed parts and to debug the critter.Ģ. I don't really know if I have the patience to learn everything I would need to know about 100 other rigs in order to find something suitable.ġ. It's sort of difficult to distinguish between the two at arms length. I know that there are probably a TON of good used rigs out there, doubtless some jewels, and some that have been tinkered to the edge of oblivion. I've found another one at a price I can live with, and have requested to know the serial number of that one. I've been chasing these rigs through the classifieds on three different sites only to find I just missed the deal on the one I really wanted (mostly because I was too cheap to pay the initial asking price) or that there was something less desirable about this particular unit. The 706 MKIIG has been suggested to me as a very good, compact radio to get me back on the air without going into the nosebleed price tag zone.įrom what the tech reference article said, it looks like the best bet is a high S/N MKIIG, or a non-G 706 with the DSP installed.
If the rig covered 6 and 2 meters, so much the better. Click to expand.Secret Sauce time, Tricks of the Trade iCOM IC-735 HF Transceiver QST Product Review - January 1986 Bob Schetgen, KU7G iCOM has had a long history of introducing their 'new radios' at the JARL (Japan Amateur Radio League) Radio Fair in Tokyo, usually held in late August (or early September) each year.Well, my primary interest is CW, and fixed base at that. Often can nail the exact year from this, if not the month. Once you have determined the date of mfr for several or more of the rig's components, a little common sense about the thing can be used to figure out the assembly date of the rig to at least within +/- 1 year. Different part manufacturers use different codes, but the internet and search engine use can often shed much light on decoding these date codes. These are the alpha-nu strings found on the various parts besides the actual part number designator. Almost any piece of electronics manufacturing can be dated from its internal components' date and lot codes.
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