It is a great radio, its got me thinking about getting my ham license. The channel presets I have programmed for the CB channels plus uppers to cover the 555 area. Just click the up / down on the mic to change channels. The built in DSP for receive and compressor on mic audio are really nice to have. The stock mic sounds great and has lots of punch. On sideband this thing is a winner.
The AM transmit only does about 80% if you're lucky. The carrier is too high to do 100%. So I did some digging, but have not tried any of it yet.
I bought a cable from Julius to run my rack gear into the accessory port in the back. Sounds really nice for sure.
Radio Compatibility: EQ/iBox/iPlus Output Cable to IC706, IC718,IC970A, IC7000, IC7100, IC7200, IC7300,IC7410, IC9100 (5 Pin DIN to 13 Pin DIN)
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So now I just gotta figure out where to put it....