ICOM SERIAL NUMBER DECODING MANUAL
CW is my major interest, so features that make that more enjoyable (a manual notch filter, and some provision for narrowing up the passband, etc). I can deal with a little more height, but try to stay close on the footprint.Ģ. So, I'm open for suggestions for an alternative to the IC 706 MKIIG.ġ. Reinventing the wheel was never my favorite activity. I don't mind using someone else's good idea. I'm really pleased with the sort of guidance available on this forum. Thanks! From the reviews I've read on it, it sounded like a pretty solid no frills HF rig. Sometimes you answer your own questions, or catch yourself saying something silly! In the end, I suppose I'd probably be happy with nearly any number of rigs. I do, however see a need to have a setup good enough to be useful in the public service mode. So, if I have a few more watts available when they are needed, so much the better.
QRP is fun IF you can pit up decent antennas, which is not the case here at the Florida QTH.
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.
ICOM SERIAL NUMBER DECODING HOW TO
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. Well, my primary interest is CW, and fixed base at that.
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