ICOM IC-703 Manuale Utente

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FUNCTION FOR TRANSMIT

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 mic gain display in quick set mode.

• Push [DISPLAY] for 1 sec.
• Push [MENU] one or more times to select “

Q2 MIC

GAIN.”

• The ALC meter is selected automatically when operat-

ing in SSB mode.

eAdjust the mic gain.

• While transmitting at your normal voice level, the ALC

meter should read at about the middle of the ALC zone.

• Be sure the mic gain is in the range of 2 to 5.

rSelect 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.”

tPush [MENU] one or more times to select M4.

yPush [

(F-2)

COM] to turn the speech compressor

function ON.

• “COM” appears.

uPush [

(F-2)

COM] for 1 sec. to enter the compres-

sion level set mode (below).

iRotate the main dial to set the speech compression

level.

NOTE: When the ALC meter peaks above the ALC
zone, your transmitted voice may be distorted.

ALC

Adjust ‘COMP LEVEL’ so that the ALC meter
reads within the ALC zone.

ALC zone

[DISPLAY]

[MENU]

[MODE]

Main dail

[F-2]

[F-3]

M4 VOX COM AGC

■Speech compressor

While

M4 is selected in SSB/AM modes, push 

[

(F-2)

COM] for 1 sec. to enter the compression level set

mode.

DCompression level set mode

C1 COMP LEVEL

This item adjusts the speech compression level. The
speech compression level can be adjusted from 0 to
10.

The default is 5.