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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.
q Select USB or LSB mode.
w Select 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.
e Adjust 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.
r Select 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.”
t Push [MENU] one or more times to select M4.
y Push [
(F-2)
COM] to turn the speech compressor
function ON.
• “COM” appears.
u Push [(F-2)COM] for 1 sec. to enter the compres-
sion level set mode (below).
i Rotate 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.
■ Speech compressor
While M4 is selected in SSB/AM modes, push
[
(F-2)
COM] for 1 sec. to enter the compression level set
mode.
D Compression level set mode
C1 COMP LEVEL
This item adjusts the speech compression level. The
speech compression level can be adjusted from 0 to
10.