ICOM IC-703 Manuale Utente

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QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

The IC-703 has a built-in, low distortion speech com-
pressor circuit. This circuit increases your average
talk power in SSB mode and is especially useful for
DX’ing when the receiving station is having difficulty
copying your signal.

qSelect USB or LSB mode.

wSelect the ALC meter.

• Push [DISPLAY] once or twice to select 

M.

• Push [MENU] one or more times to select 

M3, then push

[

(F-3)

MET] one or more times to select “ALC.”

eSelect M4.

• Push [MENU] one more time to select 

M4.

rPush [

(F-2)

COM] to turn the speech compressor

function ON.

• “COM” appears.

tPush [

(F-2)

COM] for 1 sec. to enter the compres-

sion level set mode (p. 54).

yRotate the main dial to set the speech compression

level.

When the ALC meter peaks at light the ALC

zone, your transmitted voice may be distorted.

Hint!
Voice patterns and audio characteristics vary with
each operator, therefore the Microphone gain,
speech compression settings will be different for
each operator. Actual on air experimenting is nec-
essary to get just the right sound. It’s best to test
and adjust your audio on the air, while someone
who knows what your real voice sounds like listens,
and provides and opinion on your audio quality.

ALC

ALC zone

C1 COMP LEVEL

[MENU] [(F-2)]

[(F-3)]

Main dial

[DISPLAY]

Verify you have selected a clear frequency
and call out your CQ!