Over on rec.boats.electronics, you'll find my post about the negative
aspects I've notified Icom of about this radio...such as the tiny
white plastic cable connectors that are sure to corrode up. I removed
them from the AT-140 antenna tuner and soldered my control cable into
the main board of the tuner, removing the chinzy pigtail lead that
came with it. Be very careful crimping those tiny pins as there are
NO SPARES in the box, dammit Icom. No room for errors....(d^

It would seem that they would have the cable plug into the board as on the AH-4.
Oh well I am not an injuneer, just have to fix the durned things. I have a had
an AH-4
mounted on the pushpit for over 5 years now and it still works great. I
originally had
a SGC tuner in the same spot and it lasted a year and a half.

It's still a great radio and tuner.....It will copy VLF all the way
down to 30 Khz. If you plug its audio output into your computer and
run one of several free software packages, you can get NAVTEX, WEFAX
weather maps, SITOR and all the HF digital modes (commercial and ham
radio) just fine with it.

I have been looking for a new radio that will be legal on the marine channels,
although
the old original 706 which we is for ham only, has been working great for over 6
years now.


Leanne
S/V Fundy