[ICOM] IC 775 DXII s-meter lamp flickering

[paul at w8aef.com]

There is a "Modification to prevent the display from dimming when listening 
to CW sidetone at high volume levels" available at www.mods.dk

de Paul, W8AEF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maciej Wieczorek" <mw_comercial at wp.pl>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:47 PM
Subject: [ICOM] IC 775 DXII s-meter lamp flickering


> Hello from Poland,
>
> I've just purchased IC 775 DXII with high s/n 1600 (japaneese market), 
> seems that manufactured in 2002. The radio looks like new and I was told 
> it doesn't show the problems which were common for early version of 775 
> DSP, unfortunately I noticed that the s-meter lamp flickers while 
> transmiting on CW, if the display brightness is adjusted to LOW.
>
> Is there any mod to ged rid of this? It's quite irritating...
>
> And BTW, did anyone ever tried to adjust the compresion gain level in 775? 
> I'm running SM20 desk mic and I find the compresion level too strong, even 
> with mic gain set to 10 o'clock. Below 10 o'clock the audio starts to 
> disapear, so that's not the solution. I missed the comp. level pot. which 
> were available on my old IC 736.
>
> TNX
> 73's
> Mac SP2XF
>