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Originally Posted by Sunspot Baby Good top quality stuff:
Icom 706 is fully functional ham and everything but is not "type approved" for marine SSB. It will do it just fine.
Icom M802 is a marine SSB that is ham capable but requires unlocking the software. Icom has a tech bulletin on how to do this. Some of the older model Icom marine units could be “unlocked” by clipping the lead on a diode. You would need a better radio tech than me to know which one.
There is other good stuff out there.
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The necessary information to "clip" a radio or make other repairs is made more difficult by manufacturers that don't release schematics and other diagnostic literature to non professionals and some to no one outside their own network. You can find much of this information at
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