I bought one of those radios in 06 and, if it were as accessible as a Kenwood, I would still have mine.
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On Mar 16, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Gerry,
>
> We should somehow work on getting the manual available together. I have the
> same problems even with a stripped text version of the manual because the
> pictures are stripped out. That doesn't help me anyway so who cares. The
> microphone gain can be set, I'm pretty certain, one way which is quite
> complicated because you can access multiple features. I'm checking on a
> short cut to the microphone gain because I'm almost positive there is a
> shorter way of getting to the microphone gain but I need a pair of eyes to
> look at what I'm doing before I explain it to you. If you are using the
> original microphone with the Icom 7000 and it says "China" on the microphone
> itself, it is the original, unmodified, and not the upgraded microphone. I
> sent my microphone to a guy in Arkansas who charges 40 dollars to upgrade
> the old microphone and it has about 5 times the output when he ships it back
> than it does originally. Icom 7000 radios have a horrible reputation of
> having terrible sounding audio. The microphone modification solves 90
> percent of this problem. The manual says, set the gain to 50 percent for
> maximum results but since my microphone is now modified, it blows you out of
> the chair with distortion at 50 percent. I can easily tell you how to get
> to the speech compressor settings. That method is very simple and I'm
> pretty certain the microphone gain can be accessed in the same way but as I
> said, I want to check with my son watching and following me with the print
> manual before I tell you step by step. I have a friend 2 miles away and we
> are 40 over S9 due to being so close. I had him check my new microphone
> gain settings and he said I have it perfectly set. I run the gain at just
> 20 percent and I have the speech compression, when it is on, set to only 5
> percent and that setting alone really has punch power. Few compressors are
> worth their salt, however, so I only use it in contests or when conditions
> break down and signals are poor. Anyhow, I've been thinking about having
> someone, if I can find someone, to read the manual, too, so maybe we can get
> this worked out. I'm trying to find a lap top I can afford right now just
> to control the radio through the software. If jaws can read the software,
> it might be a whole lot easier to make changes. Oh, one more thing about
> the audio setting for the microphone gain. You have a choice of three
> levels of gain band width. Narrow, or nar for short, mid range or just M on
> the display, and Wide. The wide is 2.9 KHz in width and you absolutely have
> to have your gain set on the wide level or you'll have no lows and sound
> like you are speaking through a paper towel roll made of aluminum. I've
> heard guys set to narrow band width and I can't even understand them clearly
> because their signal is only 1 KHz in total band width. The wide range
> gives you 2,9 KHz of width minus 100 Hz on the bottom end so it punches in
> more lows than the mid or narrow band width settings for transmit. That was
> part of my problem, too. I believe I was set to mid or narrow and didn't
> know it. Few people, when you ask for an audio check, know what to listen
> for and will confess, Oh, you sound fine. I make sure I ask someone who
> knows my voice and has heard me before and I also have an R75 receiver I use
> to monitor the actual output signal on sideband so I know exactly what I'm
> transmitting. Some guys think you must have broadcast quality audio output.
> they even spend hundreds of dollars on a studio microphone and buy a 300
> dollar equalizer so they can control highs and lows. I hate basey broadcast
> quality sideband because to my tin ear, it is hard to listen to comfortably.
> I like a little higher sideband pitch and even adjust my receive accordingly
> if need be. Of course, the IC 7000 has a narrow, mid, and wide range for
> just about every mode of transmission but I've never owned a transceiver
> that had the same for transmit until I bought the 7000. I know with the
> Flex radios, and some others, these same features are available but it took
> me by surprise when I learned about it being in the 7000. Oh, by the way,
> even the speech compressor has a narrow, mid, and wide range to set and that
> I discovered by accident just playing around. I went to check the manual
> and sure enough, there it was; big as life. the narrow and mid range sounds
> horrible and the highs are so high, at those other settings, your audio can
> literally be above, or below, the listening stations passband filter so
> that's why it makes you sound like you are talking through a metal tube.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:58 AM
> Subject: Re: Setting the gain
>
>
>> Yes I am. I have red the book, but some of the symbols don't read and I
>> get
>> confused. Someday I will have someone read it aloud, or I will have it
>> put
>> into text.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 7:34 PM
>> Subject: Setting the gain
>>
>>
>>> Gerry,
>>>
>>> Are you asking about setting the gain on the microphone using an Icom
>>> 7000?
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 6:19 PM
>>> Subject: Re: TW1 and TW2 for those interested
>>>
>>>
>>>> How do you set the gain?
>>
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