Radios & equipment
A complete guide for every radio: overview, technical specifications, video tutorials and buying tips.
Icom IC-706
The first of Icom’s 706 series (1995) and the radio that made “all of HF plus 6 m and 2 m in one small box” popular: 100 W on HF and 6 m, 10 W on 2 m, and a detachable front panel.
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Icom’s 1997 compact transceiver that packs every HF band plus 6 m and 2 m into a box the size of a car radio: 100 W on HF and 6 m, 20 W on 2 m, and a detachable front panel.
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Icom IC-706MKIIG
The most popular member of Icom’s 706 series (1999 to around 2009): 160 m to 70 cm in one small box — 100 W on HF and 6 m, 50 W on 2 m and 20 W on 70 cm, with built-in DSP and tone squelch.
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Icom IC-703
Icom’s 10 W QRP radio for HF (and 6 m on the Plus) with a built-in antenna tuner, low current drain and a 9–15.8 V supply range: the small 706-size body, built for portable, mountain-top and field operation.
Read the guideIcom IC-M710
Icom’s marine MF/HF SSB transceiver, known in Iran simply as the “IC-710”: 150 W PEP, a 0.5–30 MHz general-coverage receiver, 160 programmable channels plus all ITU channels, a die-cast aluminium chassis and a fan for continuous duty.
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