[VHFcontesting] Icom IC-706MK2G Final Transistor

[Buck Calabro]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Jim Aguirre wrote:

> Icom changed the 706MK2G design a while back to use Mitsubishi finals.
> The only way to convert one of the older units with Motorola finals to
> Mitsubishi finals is to replace the main circuit board to accommodate
> the new Mitsubishi finals.  Kuni said the cost of doing that would be
> approximately $600; more than the radio is worth.
>
> That's really unfortunate as a lot of folks...including me...have the
> older version with the Motorola finals.  If/when they die, the old
> versions are just so much junk.

Not necessarily!  An all-mode rig like that (no finals) would make an
acceptable IF for a microwave transverter stack.
  --buck kc2hiz