Icom IC-7200 Instruction Manual - Page 62

6 FUNCTIONS FOR TRANSMIT ■ Speech compressor The IC-7200 has a built-in, low distortion speech compressor circuit. This circuit increases your average talk power in SSB mode and is especially useful for DXing or noisy conditions when the receiving station is having difficulty copying your signal. q Push MODE to select SSB mode. • When SSB mode is selected, push and hold MODE for 1 sec. to toggle between USB and LSB modes. w Push COMP to turn the speech compressor func- tion ON and OFF. • " " appears when the speech compressor func- tion is ON. MODE TS TUNER FILTER SPCH NB NR ANF METER V/M 1 1.8 A=/B 2 3.5 SPLIT 3 7 MW 4 10 M-CL 5 14 AGC 6 18 COMP271 . RIT GENE SCAN 8 24 MNF 0 50 VOX 9 28 F-INP ENT BAND P.AMP ATT M-CH/RIT SET [DIAL] COMP 7 21 Appears D Compression level setting • Microphone gain setting MODE TS TUNER FILTER SPCH NB NR ANF METER V/M 1 1.8 A=/B 2 3.5 SPLIT 3 7 MW 4 10 M-CL 5 14 AGC 6 18 COMP271 . RIT GENE SCAN 8 24 MNF 0 50 VOX 9 28 F-INP ENT BAND P.AMP ATT M-CH/RIT SET [DIAL] [M-CH] q P ush MODE to select SSB mode. • When SSB mode is selected, push and hold MODE for 1 sec. to toggle between USB and LSB modes. w P ush COMP to turn the speech compressor func- tion OFF, if it's ON. • " " disappears. e P ush and hold ANF METER for 1 sec. several times to select ALC meter. • "ALC" appears. r Adjust the MIC gain in the quick set mode. q P ush and hold M-CH/RIT SET for 1 sec. to enter the quick set mode. w R otate [M-CH] to select "MIC GAIN" to set the microphone gain. e W hile transmitting, speak at a normal voice level and rotate [DIAL] to adjust the microphone gain so that the ALC meter reads within the ALC zone, whether you speak softly or loudly. • Push and hold M-CL for 1 sec. to return to the de- fault value. r P ush M-CH/RIT SET to exit the quick set mode and return to normal operation. • Compression level setting q Push and hold ANF METER for 1 sec. several times to select ALC meter. • "ALC" appears. w P ush and hold COMP for 1 sec. to enter the speech compression level set mode. • The speech compressor function is turned ON and " " appears. You can enter the speech compression level set mode before selecting ALC meter in step q. e While transmitting, speak at a normal voice level and rotate [DIAL] to adjust the speech compression level so that the ALC meter reads within the ALC zone, whether you speak softly or loudly. • The speech compression level can be adjusted from 0 to 10. • Push and hold M-CL for 1 sec. to return to the default value. Level 5 (default) ALC zone r P ush COMP to exit the speech compression level set mode and return to normal operation. t P ush COMP to turn the speech compressor func- tion OFF if necessary. • " " disappears. NOTE: When the ALC meter peaks above the ALC zone, your transmitted voice may be distorted. 57