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The 710 is an
SSB receiver that will work on the ham bands while the 706 is an amateur
radio that will work on the marine HF bands.

So which direction would you go above?

The trade offs are as follows"

HAM
Must have a General Class license.
Must have a radio that will do the ham bands.
email is free, but absolutely no commercial traffic.

Marine SSB
Must have a marine SSB rig.
Musr have a Ships Station License for the rig.
Must have a Restricted Radiotelephone Operators Permit for yourself.
Sailmail is $250/yr but you can do commercial traffic.

I went with both. An ICOM-M710 enabled for the ham bands. And I had
both Winlink (ham email) and Sailmail. The M710 is one of the few rigs that
can do the digital modes, such as PACTOR, at full power.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

I went with both. An ICOM-M710 enabled for the ham bands. And I had
both Winlink (ham email) and Sailmail. The M710 is one of the few rigs that
can do the digital modes, such as PACTOR, at full power.

OK Doug thanks

When I asked the question "what direction would you go"
..... I meant which rig would you go for.... i.e. a
ham rig that can do marine bands.... or a marine rig
that can do ham bands

I already have my general class ham license..... juts
not active for years

So.... Im trying to decide what equip to go hence the
question abt a ham rig w/marine bands vs the other

On 2005-02-25 07:34:07 +1100, said:

I went with both. An ICOM-M710 enabled for the ham bands. And I had
both Winlink (ham email) and Sailmail. The M710 is one of the few rigs
that can do the digital modes, such as PACTOR, at full power.

OK Doug thanks

When I asked the question "what direction would you go"
.... I meant which rig would you go for.... i.e. a
ham rig that can do marine bands.... or a marine rig
that can do ham bands

I already have my general class ham license..... juts
not active for years

So.... Im trying to decide what equip to go hence the
question abt a ham rig w/marine bands vs the other

Depends where you are sailing. In Australia the Government has gone
with two marine HF receiving stations. One in Queensland and the other
in WA. They maintain a DSC watch (no operator with cans on his/her
head). There are a number of additional HF stations around the coast
but monitoring is not always guaranteed. Hence if I were making the
decision for my boat here in Australia it would be a marine GMDSS
equipped HF box that could also work on amateur frequencies. I suspect
the situation is pretty much the same in Europe from what I have read.
It seems NA is the odd man out at the moment as far as GMDSS is
concerned.

--
Regards,
John Proctor VK3JP, VKV6789
S/V Chagall

The M710 is a great radio for email and Marine SSB use. It is a bit of
a pain for general QSOing since it lacks a "Big Knob". But if you spend
most of your hamming on various nets, then you can program them into the
memories and you are all set. I originally had both an M710 and a Kenwood
TS-680 on board, but the TS-680 quit transmitting and it will cost more to
fix
than the rig is worth.

Doug, k3qt
s/v CAllista


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I went with both. An ICOM-M710 enabled for the ham bands. And I had
both Winlink (ham email) and Sailmail. The M710 is one of the few rigs
that
can do the digital modes, such as PACTOR, at full power.

OK Doug thanks

When I asked the question "what direction would you go"
.... I meant which rig would you go for.... i.e. a
ham rig that can do marine bands.... or a marine rig
that can do ham bands

I already have my general class ham license..... juts
not active for years

So.... Im trying to decide what equip to go hence the
question abt a ham rig w/marine bands vs the other

"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
:

The M710 is a great radio for email and Marine SSB use. It is a bit of
a pain for general QSOing since it lacks a "Big Knob". But if you
spend most of your hamming on various nets, then you can program them
into the memories and you are all set. I originally had both an M710
and a Kenwood TS-680 on board, but the TS-680 quit transmitting and it
will cost more to fix
than the rig is worth.

Doug, k3qt
s/v CAllista


This is where the M802 just shines as a ham rig. M802 HAS the "big knob",
actually two of them, in frequency mode. Switching to ham bands is easy.
Press MODE + XMIT + the number 2 buttons together until it beeps and that
opens the transmitter to all the frequencies it covers, not just Marine
bands. Do it again, and it locks out all but the marine channels to keep
your non-ham operators from transmitting out-of-band on their watch. No
wires or diodes to clip.

M802 has tons of memories, so I have a bank programmed for the ham nets.
Press the RX button to switch from channel mode to frequency mode (toggles
back and forth). Once in frequency mode, the left big button selects which
number the right big button changes....Mhz, 100 khz, 10 Khz, 1 Khz or 100
hz steps. Most hams now use 1 Khz steps so I leave the cursor on the 1Khz
number and just rotate the right "VFO" knob to tune smoothly across the
bands in 1 Khz steps. Works like a great ham radio having this
feature....albeit a little overpriced...(c;

M802 also has a clarifier in 10 Hz steps so you can set the audio tones on
any modem dead on the money for data reception.

It's only 150 watts...but we can't have everything....

http://www.icomamerica.com/products/marine/m802/

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
:

The M710 is a great radio for email and Marine SSB use. It is a bit of
a pain for general QSOing since it lacks a "Big Knob". But if you
spend most of your hamming on various nets, then you can program them
into the memories and you are all set. I originally had both an M710
and a Kenwood TS-680 on board, but the TS-680 quit transmitting and it
will cost more to fix
than the rig is worth.

Doug, k3qt
s/v CAllista


This is where the M802 just shines as a ham rig. M802 HAS the "big knob",
actually two of them, in frequency mode. Switching to ham bands is easy.
Press MODE + XMIT + the number 2 buttons together until it beeps and that
opens the transmitter to all the frequencies it covers, not just Marine
bands. Do it again, and it locks out all but the marine channels to keep
your non-ham operators from transmitting out-of-band on their watch. No
wires or diodes to clip.

M802 has tons of memories, so I have a bank programmed for the ham nets.
Press the RX button to switch from channel mode to frequency mode (toggles
back and forth). Once in frequency mode, the left big button selects
which
number the right big button changes....Mhz, 100 khz, 10 Khz, 1 Khz or 100
hz steps. Most hams now use 1 Khz steps so I leave the cursor on the 1Khz
number and just rotate the right "VFO" knob to tune smoothly across the
bands in 1 Khz steps. Works like a great ham radio having this
feature....albeit a little overpriced...(c;

M802 also has a clarifier in 10 Hz steps so you can set the audio tones on
any modem dead on the money for data reception.

It's only 150 watts...but we can't have everything....

http://www.icomamerica.com/products/marine/m802/

The M710 works in a similar way with its 2 "big knobs". Problem is that
the knobs have detents which make it impossible to browse easily.

Doug

Doug,
Download Vic Poor's IC710 control program.
http://www.winlink.org/miscellaneous.htm You can then run the M710 from
the computer and almost like having a "big knob"
krj

Doug Dotson wrote:

The M710 is a great radio for email and Marine SSB use. It is a bit of
a pain for general QSOing since it lacks a "Big Knob". But if you spend
most of your hamming on various nets, then you can program them into the
memories and you are all set. I originally had both an M710 and a Kenwood
TS-680 on board, but the TS-680 quit transmitting and it will cost more to
fix
than the rig is worth.

Doug, k3qt
s/v CAllista


wrote in message
...

I went with both. An ICOM-M710 enabled for the ham bands. And I had
both Winlink (ham email) and Sailmail. The M710 is one of the few rigs
that
can do the digital modes, such as PACTOR, at full power.

OK Doug thanks

When I asked the question "what direction would you go"
.... I meant which rig would you go for.... i.e. a
ham rig that can do marine bands.... or a marine rig
that can do ham bands

I already have my general class ham license..... juts
not active for years

So.... Im trying to decide what equip to go hence the
question abt a ham rig w/marine bands vs the other

I've got it. It does help, big not as nice a real big knob.

Doug

"krj" wrote in message
.. .
Doug,
Download Vic Poor's IC710 control program.
http://www.winlink.org/miscellaneous.htm You can then run the M710 from
the computer and almost like having a "big knob"
krj

Doug Dotson wrote:

The M710 is a great radio for email and Marine SSB use. It is a bit of
a pain for general QSOing since it lacks a "Big Knob". But if you spend
most of your hamming on various nets, then you can program them into the
memories and you are all set. I originally had both an M710 and a Kenwood
TS-680 on board, but the TS-680 quit transmitting and it will cost more
to fix
than the rig is worth.

Doug, k3qt
s/v CAllista


wrote in message
...

I went with both. An ICOM-M710 enabled for the ham bands. And I had
both Winlink (ham email) and Sailmail. The M710 is one of the few rigs
that
can do the digital modes, such as PACTOR, at full power.

OK Doug thanks

When I asked the question "what direction would you go"
.... I meant which rig would you go for.... i.e. a
ham rig that can do marine bands.... or a marine rig
that can do ham bands

I already have my general class ham license..... juts
not active for years

So.... Im trying to decide what equip to go hence the
question abt a ham rig w/marine bands vs the other