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RECEIVE SWITCHING USES A RELAY, AND CLICKING IS AUDIBLE, BUT NOT REALLY
NOTICEABLE IF YOURE SENDING WHILE LISTENING TO THE SIDETONE.  LIKE THE IC
7300, THE IC 705 FEATURES A VERSATILE AUDIO RECORDER.  WITH A MICROSD
MEMORY CARD INSTALLED, THE 705 WILL CREATE AUDIO FILES EACH TIME YOU START
RECORDING YOU CAN START RECORDING RECEIVED AUDIO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THROUGH
THE FRONT PANEL QUICK MENU.  EACH AUDIO FILE IS LABELED WITH THE DATE,
TIME, FREQUENCY, AND OPERATING MODE.  YOU CAN REPLAY THE FILES THROUGH THE
RADIO OR LOAD THEM INTO ANOTHER DEVICE.  HF DIGITAL ANOTHER SIMILARITY
BETWEEN THE IC 705 AND THE IC 7300 IS THE FUNCTIONALITY AVAILABLE THROUGH
ITS USB PORT FOR HF DIGITAL OPERATING AND COMPUTER AIDED TRANSCEIVER CAT
CONTROL.  IF YOU ENJOY DIGITAL OPERATING WITH MODES SUCH AS FT8, THE IC 705
MAKES THIS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE NO EXTERNAL INTERFACES OR SOUND DEVICES
REQUIRED.  YOULL NEED TO PROVIDE YOUR OWN MICRO USB CABLE TO CONNECT THE
TRANSCEIVER TO YOUR COMPUTER, BUT AS THE MANUAL WARNS, DONT CONNECT THE IC
705 STRAIGHTAWAY THERE ARE TWO WINDOWS COM PORT DRIVERS THAT MUST BE
INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER FIRST.  AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING, ICOM
OFFERED ONLY WINDOWS DRIVERS.  YOU MUST DOWNLOAD THE DRIVER INSTALLATION
PACKAGE FROM THE ICOM SUPPORT SITE, EXTRACT THE FILES, AND THEN RUN THE
SETUP APPLICATION, CHOOSING EITHER 32 OR 64 BIT.  I INITIALLY TRIED USING
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