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REMOTE ACCESS.  IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE
DEVELOPERS DO WITH THIS FEATURE IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS TO COME.  ANOTHER
WIRELESS ASSET THAT COMES STANDARD ON THE IC 705 IS BLUETOOTH.  THIS ALLOWS
YOU TO CONNECT WIRELESS HEADPHONES OR A COMPLETE WIRELESS MICROPHONE
HEADSET FOR HANDS FREE OPERATING.  I DIDNT HAVE A WIRELESS HEADSET
AVAILABLE, BUT I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT MY APPLE AIRPODS TO THE IC 705 FOR
HANDS FREE LISTENING.  SET UP WAS SIMPLE, AND THE RESULT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
WITHIN MY HOME, I WAS ABLE TO MONITOR THE RADIO TO A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 30
FEET THE RANGE WOULD BE LIKELY GREATER OUTDOORS.  VHF/UHF WITH ITS ALL MODE
CAPABILITY, THE IC 705 DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB AS A PORTABLE OR MOBILE
ALTERNATIVE FOR EXPLORING THE WORLD ABOVE 50 MHZ.  DURING THIS REVIEW, MUCH
OF MY VHF/UHF OPERATING WAS ANALOG FM, BUT I WAS FORTUNATE TO ALSO HAVE A
COUPLE OF D STAR DIGITAL REPEATERS NEARBY.  IF YOUVE NEVER TRIED D STAR,
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