D Drive Gain Adjustment - Icom IC-7700 Instruction Manual

D D Drive gain adjustment
METER
[DRIVE]
Drive gain range
5
1
S
0
I
10
D
0
Po
1.5
1
0
SWR
COMP
9 +
20
+
40
+
60dB
5
10
50 100 150
15
200
A
250
∞
2
3
W
20
10
dB
ALC 44 52V
V
D
The drive gain is active for all modes other than SSB
mode with speech compressor OFF. The [DRIVE] con-
trol adjusts the gain of the driver stage.
Before transmitting, monitor your selected operating
frequency to make sure transmitting won't cause inter-
ference to other stations on the same frequency.
q Push [METER]
w Push [PTT] (microphone; SSB with [COMP] ON, AM
or FM), key down (CW) or push
or PSK) to transmit.
e While talking into the microphone, keying down or
transmitting, rotate [DRIVE] so that the ALC meter
reading is between 30 to 50% of the ALC scale. (see
left)
• Talk into the microphone at your normal voice level.
r Release [PTT], stop keying or push
again to return to receive.
3-13
BASIC OPERATIONS
to select the ALC meter.
(MF2)
TRANSMIT
3
(RTTY
TRANSMIT