
Fill the "If I could use just one non-handheld radio" use case.Perfect vacation and traveling demo "shack in a box" scenarios to excite new prospective hams.Product idea: in dash nav unit with SDR TX/RX ham radio built in. Toss it in the backpack for easy to deploy legitimate field operations in rough conditions. There could be, in place of a couple knobs, Jacks for a microphone and the back of the radio could be modular.My intended use cases for the Icom IC-705 are as follows: Lessons learned as an early Yaesu FT-817 purchaser almost 20 years ago proved that spending more than that radio cost for addon's got quickly out of hand.Īnd, since the Yaesu FT-817 brand new back in the early 2000's was much less than the Icom IC-705 today, I wanted to go about things a bit smarter this time around. Will this post address every possible need that everyone may have when using the Icom IC-705 at home, in the field or on a picnic table? Probably not, but I think this comes awfully close to meeting my needs so thought worth sharing my journey.Īfter acquiring this radio, I spent time getting familiar with its functions and watching what accessory purchases others were making. Speed can be set as high as 57600 which is working for me.
