Icom IC-756 Marine Radio User Manual


 
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PANEL DESCRIPTION
Front panel
TIMER
POWER
TRANSMIT
PHONES
ELEC-KEY
MIC
TUNER MONITOR NB NR
AF BAL NRRF/SQL
MIC GAIN RF POWER COMP KEY SPEEDBK-IN DELAY
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0
10
1
1
1.5
2
3
5
9
+20
+40
+60dB
25
50
100
SWR
ALC
F-1
SSB
F-2 F-3 F-4 F-5
CW RTTY AM FM
HF/50MHz TRANSCEIVER
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VFOVFO
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VFOVFO
USBUSB
USB
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USBUSB
USB
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VOXVOX
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COMPCOMP
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ANTANT
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METERMETER
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P.AMPP.AMP
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ATTATT
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q POWER SWITCH [POWER/TIMER]
Push momentarily to turn power ON.
- Turn the optional DC power supply ON in advance.
Push momentarily to toggle the timer function ON
and OFF. (p. 52)
- The power switch lights while the timer function is ON.
Push for 2 sec. to turn power OFF.
w TRANSMIT SWITCH [TRANSMIT]
Selects transmitting or receiving.
- The [TX] indicator lights red while transmitting and the
[RX] indicator lights green when the squelch is open.
e HEADPHONE JACK [PHONES]
Accepts headphones.
- When headphones are connected, the internal speaker
or connected external speaker does not function.
r ELECTRONIC KEYER JACK [ELEC-KEY] (p. 35)
Accepts a paddle to activate the internal electronic
keyer for CW operation.
- Selection between the internal electronic keyer, bug-key
and straight key operation can be made in keyer set
mode. (p. 35)
- A straight key jack is separately available on the rear
panel. See [KEY] on p. 11.
- Keyer polarity (dot and dash) can be reversed in keyer
set mode. (p. 35)
- 4-channel memory keyer is available for your conve-
nience. (p. 36)
t MICROPHONE CONNECTOR [MIC]
Accepts the supplied or optional microphone.
- See p. 68 for appropriate microphones.
- See p. 8 for microphone connector information.
y AF CONTROL [AF] (inner control)
Varies the audio output level from the speaker.
u MIC GAIN CONTROL [MIC GAIN]
Adjusts microphone input gain.
How to set the microphone gain.
Set the [MIC] control so that the ALC meter sometimes
swings during normal voice transmission in SSB mode.
IncreasesDecreases
Recommended level for
an Icom microphone
MIC GAIN
AF RF/SQL
No audio output
Max. audio output
Decreases Increases
(dot)
(com)
(dash)