There is an advantage to having repeater list. When selecting Near Repeaters for DV, you have the option of seeing FM repeaters and their distance. Great way to find local repeaters by the GPS distances it provides. So we kept it and handy at times.
I have to admit, I like the 705 now, more than 7300. They are very identical, other than 10 watt verses 100 watt and Dstar & no Dstar on ic7300. (for vhf/uhf should be a must). Also usb/wifi vrs just usb connections. The Ic-705 make it better for mobile, portable use. For apartment dwellers, they can use internet to make connections globally. We are just exploring DR mode and Dstar terminal mode, more to come. For home base use, the IC-7300 is more than adequate. We needed a second radio with vhf/uhf, so both fill our needs. If you only want HF, no interest in vhf/uhf option or Dstar options, than IC-7300 or similar would be best. If one only can have one radio, then 705. Later one could add tuner and amplifier if needed. The only very small shortcomming is lack of builtin tuner. However, I have no problem matching the antenna. I was hoping to show a video on this shortly. I will be showing Comet model ca-2x4sr with pl259 connector testing swr on 2 & 70cm. We use this for that band, allowing us to connect to a dozen or so repeaters. Will demo the pro and con of this antenna, We are just about finishing setup on channel and dv repeater modification. i found another reason to have fm repeater list in DV memory. One can check the distances from your location. It will list on nearby repeaters. Handy when you do lots of traveling. Also, it useful for Hotspot setup for DV. More than come Regarding SDR Control. Currently for Apple devices the best option. Only icom could do better if they made their control software available for mac, not just windows. Guess, they lack programmers or something. They have release some app, they kinda of work, but very buggy still. I have been using the desktop version for a long time, no issues, does it all. Works just the same when connected to ic705 via wlan. The only weakness I found so far, has to do with scanning, scan slow down a lot, but work great. If I am monitoring on SDR Control, but physically can approach the ic705, I would start the scan and walk away. Then the scan speed is fast. I be showing more details later, but for remote, I found the iphone useful, because you always have it with you. Used it for tuning antenna, output watt at antenna input. Don't have to have a second persion, keying the PTT. Do it on the phone. Work great for chating too.
@@SimplyOffGridLife I agree with every word you say. I love your answers so rich in information! and I really love the 705 that I use almost every morning in qrp from the beach before going to work! now I have ordered a clone of the Juma 150w amplifier and I want to try to use ic705 in the station as the only radio (I will let my 7300 and 9700 rest a bit) if the combination satisfies me I think I will sell my two main devices and keep only the 705 at the moment I do not use tuners neither in the station nor in portable activity but I agree that a big lack of the 705 is the lack of an internal tuner.
thanks, we tool a quick jab at Terminal Mode, got it to work & figured out why so many having hard time using. Will do video on it later. That part accomplished, now to setup using reflectors in terminal mode. We need to go that way, as local dv repeater are down or not accessible yet. We made our first contact on terminal mode. Had lengthy chat with a guy using starlink. he sent the famous I love icom picture and it arrived full detail. Couldn't send one, as i have to make one first. Now I know how to recieve pictures, eh.....lol. take care
