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RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT
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The IC-706MKIIG has a built-in, low distortion speech
compressor circuit. This circuit increases your aver-
age talk power in SSB mode and is especially useful
for DX’ing when the receiving station is having diffi-
culty copying your signal.
➀
Select USB or LSB mode.
➁
Select the ALC meter.
• Push [DISPLAY] 1 or 2 times to select
M
, if necessary.
• Push [MENU] one or more times to select
M3
, then
push [
(F-3)
MET
] one or more times to select “ALC.”
➂
Select the mic gain display in quick set mode.
• Push [DISPLAY] for 2 sec.
• Push [MENU] one or more times to select
Q2 MIC
GAIN
.
➃
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.
➄
Select
M4
.
• Push [DISPLAY] 1 or 2 times to select
M
, if necessary.
• Push [MENU] one or more times to select
M4
.
➅
Push [
(F-2)
COM
], then adjust [COMP GAIN] so that
the ALC meter reads within the ALC zone whether
you speak softly or loudly.
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No
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When the ALC meter peaks above the ALC
zone, your transmitted voice may be distorted.
[MENU]
[
(F-2)
COM
]
[COMP GAIN]
COMP
GAIN
/SIDE T
BEEP
ALC
Adjust [COMP GAIN] so that the ALC meter
reads within the ALC zone.
ALC zone
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The VOX (Voice-operated Transmission) function
toggles between transmit and receive with your
voice. This function provides an opportunity to input
log entries into your computer, etc., while operating.
➀
Select
M4
, then turn the VOX function ON.
• Push [DISPLAY] 1 or 2 times when
S
or
G
appears.
• Push [MENU] one or more times to select
M4
.
• Push [
(F-1)
VOX
] to turn the function ON.
➁
Select
VOX GAIN
in quick set mode.
• Push [DISPLAY] for 2 sec. then push [MENU] one or
more times to select
Q4
.
➂
While speaking into the microphone, adjust [VOX
GAIN] until the transceiver is transmitting.
➃
Select
VOX DELAY
in quick set mode.
• Push [MENU] one or more times to select
Q3
.
➄
While speaking into the microphone, adjust [VOX
DELAY] as desired.
➅
Select
ANTI VOX
in quick set mode.
• Push [MENU] one or more times to select
Q5
.
➆
If the receive audio from the speaker toggles the
transceiver to transmit during receive, adjust the
[ANTI-VOX] to the point where it has no effect.
➇
Push [DISPLAY] to exit quick set mode.
[MENU]
[
(F-1)
VOX
]
[DISPLAY]
main dial
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