Dana wrote:
I have 1 of those icoms, and like it a lot. Don't use it that much
though. It doesn't cover 220, you are right.


I'll save you the time Zoomtext takes to get to the bottom...

I'd get a 706 if they had better intermod rejection. One guy that
has one has to go to the input to hear me when he gets close to me.
The BMF tower I have for a neighbor kills most radios. I've had to
sell all my Radio Shack stuff. I can't hear anything. An IC-2100
works good here. I still want 6 meters! Oh well, I'll have a killer
10 meter setup when CW goes bye-bye. Those last two tests are easy.



On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Scott in Baltimore wrote:

dkennedy wrote:

Well there goes that idea, I wanted a cool looking cb/ssb/weather radio
to mount in my new Jeep Commander. By the way, does a combo radio exist
with cb/ssb/weather/shortwave/frs and a mod to listen to 10 meter? I
don't have a ham radio license but I enjoy listening.


That radio is called an IC-706MKIIG.

With the mod, it covers everything, has 100 watts on HF, and will do
49MHz, MURS and FRS. I think it misses 220 though. With a tech ticket,
you could cover a lot of ground with that one.

I have an old mobile rig that will do that. We used it in our car back in
the 70s. If I can find it and make sure it works, just e-mail me in a
couple of days, and I will give it to you for the shipping.

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, dkennedy wrote:

Well there goes that idea, I wanted a cool looking cb/ssb/weather radio
to mount in my new Jeep Commander. By the way, does a combo radio exist
with cb/ssb/weather/shortwave/frs and a mod to listen to 10 meter? I
don't have a ham radio license but I enjoy listening.

Mine isn't that nnew.

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Vinnie S. wrote:

On 12 Dec 2005 05:36:52 -0800, "dkennedy" wrote:

Does anyone know where I can purchase a Midland 79-290 CB radio with
all the mods done?


I friend of mine was talking on a brand new on of these, on 37 LSB. It sounded
terrible. These are notorious for bad adjacent channel rejection. Aside, from
the digital front panel, I have not heard great things about it.

Vinnie S.

I have a Midland that has been modifyed, but don't remember the model
number.