Early days of fiddling, but the SDR capabilities are really shining through.
To make signals on the waterfall a bit more pronounced, I spent a bit of time fiddling with the Scope settings.
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Main changes;
VBW = wide
Waterfall size = Large
Peak Color Level = Grid 2
VFO tuned to 144.200 and VK4RBB 144.440 MHz beacon (antenna deliberately pointed away - not strong) clearly seen:
I like having the three defined Scope ranges per band.
This allows you to tune off elsewhere, but keep the Scope where you want it, rather than follow you around +/- .
Obviously, which antenna you're using and where it's pointed will affect what can be seen on the Scope.
Here, for weak signal monitoring, I have the Scope set to 144.000 - 144.600 MHz.
Have tuned up to listen to the local unused repeater, but note the scope is still monitoring 144.000 - 144.600 MHz:
It's cool how you can assign the Power button (short press) to grab screenshots as PNGs.
Scope edges easily set up in CS-9700:
There is no comparison to an old IC-910.
The only issue that is currently ruffling feathers is the one of stability, and how the '10 MHz Reference' is implemented in locking the 49.152 MHz master osc.
Let the dust settle and see what develops.
However I'm running my IC-9700 throughout the day to age the Ref Osc crystal.
Aside from saving your rig's setup, a grotty old 8GB SD card provides heaps of audio recording time.
The IC-9700 seems to run cooler than the old IC-910, with an uncalibrated hand feeling how warm the top panel is.
I mean, seriously. 
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