[ICOM] 756 pro and ssb

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 I dont think the 756 Pro needs the iC element, does it? Thats what
has me somewhat confused. The Pro set is one that worked quite well
on my Kenwood, so I wasn't sure about the Icom, because I know some
of the earlier models needed the iC element. And if you use that one,
you need the adapter with the blocking cap, correct? I think the Pro,
however, can use the standard element, and you don't need the adapter
with the cap...... 
 On Wed 01/ 7/09 10:31 AM , Walt Heilsnis - WB2VSJ
wb2vsj at earthlink.net sent:
  What meter are you using to read power? The Icom meter, an external
watt meter? *Most* meters read avg pwr, that may be why you are seeing
100% on the continuous tone and lower on normal speech. Internal meter
behavior will vary quite a bit between rigs. Normal speech is all over
the map so 75% may be pretty good in your case.
 Does your Heil set have the Icom element?? Here's a snippet from the
heil website:
 To accommodate the low-gain Icom designs, Heil Sound developed a
high-quality condenser element, called the "iC" in our products
designations, that provides the optimum frequency response,
impedance, and (most importantly) sufficient gain to drive these
earlier rigs. The "iC" element also works tremendously well with the
"modern" types of Icom rigs, making it an ideal all-around
microphone. This element is found in products including the iCM base
station microphone, the Handi Mic iC, the Pro Set iC, Pro Set Quiet
Phones iC, Pro Set Plus iC, BM-10 iC, the Traveler series, and the
Classic iC.
 Find a peak reading watt meter like the LP-100a and it'll let you
know what's really happening.
 73, Walt - WB2VSJ
 -----Original Message-----
 >From: ww3s at zoominternet.net [1]
 >Sent: Jan 7, 2009 9:48 AM
 >To: ICOM Reflector 
 >Subject: [ICOM] 756 pro and ssb
 >
 > 
 > I recently purchased a IC-756 Pro and it seems to work great on cw
 >and rtty, not sure about SSB. I'm using my Heil Proset, and the
 >adapter without the cap. I've set the bass to -2db and the treble
 >to+5 db, as some suggested. I've tried both the narrow and mid
 >compression settings. I just don't seem to be getting out. I can
only
 >get to about 75% on the power out meter, ALC and compression seem
 >fine. Using the monitor function, the audio sounds ok. Is 75%
typical
 >to read on the meter? If I inject a tone, I can get 100%. In using
the
 >radio, I just don't seem to be getting out like I did with my
TS-850.
 >Just asking if this is typical with an Icom, as with my Kenwood, I
 >could get near full scale power on voice peaks. 
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