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SIGNALS EQUALS THE TUNED FREQUENCY.  FOR EXAMPLE, 100 MHZ 44 MHZ SIGNALS
CREATE A PHANTOM SIGNAL AT 144 MHZ.  ALL TRANSCEIVERS CAN EXPERIENCE
UNWANTED SIGNALS, AND THAT IS WHY AMATEUR RADIO RECEIVING EQUIPMENT
INCLUDES AN ATTENUATOR FUNCTION.  USE IT, IF NEEDED, TO REDUCE UNWANTED
EFFECTS, THOUGH YOU WILL RARELY NEED IT WITH THE IC 705.  TRANSMIT
PERFORMANCE IS VERY GOOD.  EVEN THE WORST CASE TRANSMIT INTERMODULATION
DISTORTION IMD PRODUCTS ARE BETTER THAN THE TYPICAL TRANSMITTER IMD
PRODUCTS WE SEE IN THE LAB.  THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE, BECAUSE
SOME AMATEURS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY WANT TO USE AN RF AMPLIFIER WITH THE IC 705.
IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO USE A TRANSCEIVER WITH LOWER TRANSMIT IMD FIGURES THAN
THE IMD FIGURES OF THE AMPLIFIER BEING DRIVEN.  TRANSMIT PHASE NOISE IS
VERY LOW ON THE HF BANDS AND IS QUITE ACCEPTABLE ON 6 AND 2 METERS.
TRANSMIT PHASE NOISE IS HIGHER ON 70 CENTIMETERS, BUT IT DROPS NOTICEABLY
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