[Icom] pro comp on or off

anthony costa [email protected]
Fri, 3 May 2002 12:50:39 -0400


thank you george and larry for the quick response.on occasion i do like to
run it wide,when the group on freq is strong so they can enjoy am quality
audio.I do make sure the band is not crowded.80% of the time i run tx width
at 2.6 mid.thanks again guys for the help.now if anyone is familiar with the
icom 728 i need to find the vr for dimming the display...

tony k2vi
----- Original Message -----
From: "George, W5YR" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] pro comp on or off


> That is incorrect according to the power response plots that I have made.
> The radio reduces its power output rapidly with frequency above 2900 KHz
> regardless of the Comp setting.
>
> It may be that the "respected ham" meant that with his voice it was only
> possible to generate much output power  above 2400 KHz by using heavy
> compression to generate higher-frequency signal components, usually
> distortion products.
>
> 73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
> Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
> Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
> QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 SOC 262 COG 8 FPQRP 404 TEN-X 11771 I-LINK 11735
> Icom IC-756PRO #02121  Kachina 505 DSP  #91900556  Icom IC-765 #02437
>
>
> anthony costa wrote:
> >
> > ive heard from a respected ham that the only way you can aquire 2.9
> > transmitt bandwidth is to run the compressor on the pro.(wide on).wide
off
> > will only give you 2.4k.I cannot see and difference what so ever.can
> > someone reply if this is true or false.thank's.
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