Ah, many thanks I thought it was my PC.
Well, having looked at the French documentation and able to stumble
along and interpret the specs... Icom may have come close to my wish
list.
Owning a Mark V, VX-5R, FT7800 and a prior owner of 706 MkIIG for
mobile use, my wish list of features for a 'car' sized rig is as
follows:
A) 1000 memories and multiple bank groupins so that it can be used
as a scanner like my FT-7800 can do.
B) Be able to scan Up or Down with a simple knob turn like most
Yaesu allow
C) Better display like that presented... Hope Icom learns how to
design the LCD driver circuits though!!!!!!
D) A CAT interface that make SENSE instead of the crippled MkIIG
limited capabilities
E) KEEP the SWR graphing capabilies but also support 144/430 here
F) Keep all of the current 706 MkIIG features like the Ts etc...
G) Add basspand tuning as well as the ability to setup filter width!
H) AND MY BIG GRIPE --- ALLOW THE 'TAGS' TO BE CONTINUOULY VISIBLE
AS WELL AS FREQUENCY so that when you scan, you get BOTH on the
display! The 706 MkIIG was a real PAIN in this regard, you needed to
rotate through the S2 (Scan) and G4(tag display) menus to do that!
Look, the 706MkIIG was (and is) a great HF rig as the numerous
contacts that I have made with the corresponding reply "I cannot
believe you are mobile" will attest to... BTW -- with a 20m hamstick!
BUT, I am looking for 1 rig that can act in multiple roles one of
which is a scanner!
After purchasing a Bearcat non-trunking scanner, I can see the
obvious differences BUT having tons of memory and groups would
definetly fill my needs in this area.
Tuning car mounted hamstick with a 706 was a real simple thing!
Seeing what the SWR (as a graph and having it remembered) is also
really nice!
A tuner would be a plus BUT with the above tuned hamsticks, 15..10m
really didn't need a tuner in my setup!
Bottom line, I want the ease of the 706MkIIG tuning when going down
the road BUT I want more features when I'm parked and waiting for
the XYL to finish her shopping!!!
Still waiting for the qsl website so I can look at files...
73,
W1LSO
