[ICOM] 756 pro and ssb

Wed Jan 7 10:54:36 EST 2009

 Sorry, I had the adapters bass akwards....the iC element needs the
voltage, the others need the one with the cap. 
 On Wed 01/ 7/09 10:47 AM , ve4xt at mts.net sent:
  According to the manual for the P III, DC is still applied to mic
Pin 1.
 You still need a blocking cap but do not need an iC element.
 73, kelly
 ve4xt
 > 
 > From: ww3s at zoominternet.net [1]
 > Date: 2009/01/07 Wed AM 09:22:58 CST
 > To: ICOM Reflector 
 > Subject: Re: [ICOM] 756 pro and ssb
 > 
 > 
 > 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 [3] 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 [4] [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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