Curious;
Where would you want the dimmer control to be located on your ideal 706?
If you say as another layer to some menu function, well, that's where it
is now, and even the unit powers down during the process, the eeprom is
non-volatile so nothing is lost, or is it the slight pop you hear in the
speaker when powering down?
Like I say, just curious, I like mine a lot, but it's still new, and
maybe time will jade my fondness. g

I would like it to be in the menus while in operation. I know it
would add depth to the menu, but i find it ridiculous that I have to
turn the rig off when I want a brightener display or not. I usually
leave it on dim but there are times I prefer the display light off and
then on when I want to use it. and back off again. However, i
recently ran across a situation where I wanted to brighten it for a
short while. If I am in QSO, I don't want to turn the rig off and on
again. I can't hear very well with the receiver turned off.


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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW