[Icom] Re: Mic Gain Problems with 706MKII

[Tony Hwang]

Hi,
That rubber O ring inside the mic body(right behind screen) made big 
difference even on my SM-6. I just removed it.
73,
Tony, VE6CGX

sasi nayar wrote:

>Mack
>I observed this problem and it is pretty known among
>the 706 users. I got too sick of the stock mic and
>invested on a Heil HS706. Boy! That made a big
>difference. Once I had the HS 706 in hand, I opened up
>the stock mic and removed a rubber disk (some people
>call it the muffler!) and that made some
>difference...ofcourse it is no where close to the
>HS706 that I have. If you open up the stock mic,
>please be very careful with a tiny 'lil spring at the
>base of the PTT. It fell out of mine and I spent a
>good deal of time searching for it.
>
>Good luck with the mic and enjoy the radio
>73
>Sasi
>9V1SM / VU3SNM
>
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