[ICOM] Mic gain on the 706 MKIIG

[Jerry Keller]

On the other hand, the best way to sell more radios and acc's to make more 
money is to try to please us hams. Seems to me that ICOM does a pretty good 
job of pleasing hams, which would account for ICOM selling such a large 
amount of radios and acc's.

73, Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frost, Charles" <Charles.Frost at aliefisd.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] Mic gain on the 706 MKIIG


> Hey guys lets face facts Icom and others are in the business to sell 
> radios
> and acc's to make money not to please us hams.
> Frosty
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack - K4WSB [mailto:K4WSB at arrl.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:07 AM
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Mic gain on the 706 MKIIG
>
> I have read with interest all the comments.  This is not the first radio I
> have owned that (for some unknown reason) offered both a deviation setting
> and a mic gain setting.
> I especially enjoyed the comment:
>>"Whether the mic gain control has any affect or not, my personal
>>experience (three newby Techs who bought 706's because of the "all rigs in
>>one box"
>>factor) ALL had to be told to back off the mic on the 2m repeaters.  All
>>were using stock mics, and all were excessively overdeviating unless they
>>held the mic about a foot away. "
>
> It's been my experience even those of us who have been licensed for over 
> 45
> years and have been on 2 meters for over 30 years have the same problem
> with the 706!
>
> Maybe I took comment wrong but the fact remains the mic gain must be
> changed every time I switch from SSB to FM.  This happened using the stock
> mic, the DTMF mic and my Heil Traveler.
>
> My friend also has the problem with his 910H.  I have not had my radio on 
> a
> bench and that will be the next step to check out the deviation setting. 
> I
> do not have the equipment or it would have been done already.
>
> For a radio to have this issue seems to me as a design flaw.  The 706 was
> designed as a mobile and to have to change settings while driving is
> inconvenient to say the least  (note to the peanut gallery: YES, I know 
> you
> should pull off the road first!)
>
> No one mentioned if this is also an issue with the 7000.  I just heard the
> control mic on the 7000 does NOT send DTMF and that yet another mic has to
> be used if you want to access IRLP or echolink nodes.  If this is true 
> that
> really is a stupid design.
>
>
>
> At 05:42 AM 6/1/2006 -0400, David Aukamp wrote:
>>Jack, what is your take on this topic now that we've heard a bunch of
>>responses?
>>
>>73, Dave K4QT
>
> Jack Hartley
> K4WSB
> ARRL - QCWA - OOTC
> DXCC Honor Roll
>
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