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INCLUDES WI FI FUNCTIONALITY AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT.  THIS MEANS THE IC 705
CAN CONNECT TO ANY 2R4 GHZ WIRELESS NETWORK AND INSTANTLY BECOME A REMOTELY
CONTROLLABLE TRANSCEIVER.  YOU SET UP THE WI FI CONNECTION IN THE IC 705 IN
THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD CONFIGURE A TABLET COMPUTER OR SMARTPHONE.  USING
THE TOUCHSCREEN, YOU CHOOSE THE NETWORK SSID, AND THEN ENTER THE PASSWORD
SEE FIGURE 5.  I WAS ABLE TO ADD THE TRANSCEIVER TO MY HOME NETWORK IN LESS
THAN A MINUTE.  FOR OPERATION AWAY FROM HOME, ICOM RECOMMENDS A TRAVEL
WIRELESS ROUTER TO USE WITH THE RADIO, AS THE IC 705 WILL NOT CONNECT TO A
WIRELESS NETWORK REQUIRING SECONDARY CONNECTION LIKE YOU SEE IN MANY
HOTELS.  YOU WOULD USE THE TRAVEL ROUTER TO CONNECT TO THE HOTEL WIRELESS
NETWORK WITH THE SECONDARY INFORMATION, THEN THE RADIO WOULD CONNECT TO THE
TRAVEL ROUTER.  WITH THE IC 705 CONNECTED TO WI FI, IT CAN BE USED FOR
REMOTE OPERATING IN ALMOST ANY MODE.  AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING, THE ONLY
REMOTE CONTROL SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR THE 705 WAS THE ICOM RS BA1 PACKAGE.
I DIDNT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THE IC 705 WITH RS BA1, BUT IM AWARE OF
A FEW AMATEURS WHO ARE USING IT WITH THIS TRANSCEIVER FOR LONG DISTANCE
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