Icom IC-7700 User Manual

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■ Operating SSB
q Push a band key to select the desired band.
w Push
SSB
to select LSB or USB.
 •“USB”or“LSB”appears.
 •Below10MHzLSBisautomaticallyselected;above10
MHz USB is automatically selected.
e Rotate the main dial to tune a desired signal.
 •TheS-meterindicatesreceivedsignalstrengthwhena
signal is received.
r Rotate [AF] to set audio to a comfortable listening
level.
t Push
TRANSMIT
or [PTT] (microphone) to transmit.
 •[TX]indicatorlightsred.
y Speak into the microphone at your normal voice
level.
 •Adjustthemicrophonegainwith[MIC]atthisstep,if
necessary.
u Push
TRANSMIT
or release [PTT] (microphone) to
return to receive.
4
RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT
• Preamp (p. 5-10)
➥ Push [P.AMP]
(MF3) several times to set the
preamp OFF, preamp 1 ON or preamp 2 ON.
•Hold down [P.AMP] (MF3) for 1 second to turn the
preamp function OFF.
•“P.AMP1” or“P.AMP2” appears when the preamp 1
or preamp 2 is ON, respectively.
• Attenuator (p. 5-10)
➥ Push [ATT]
(MF4) several times to set the attenu-
ator in 6 dB steps.
•Hold down [ATT] (MF4) for 1 second to turn the
attenuator function OFF.
•“ATT”andattenuationlevelappearwhentheattenu-
ator is ON.
• Noise blanker (p. 5-17)
➥ Push
NB
to turn the noise blanker ON or
OFF, and then rotate [NB] control to adjust the
threshold level.
•Noise blanker indicator (above
NB
switch) lights
when the noise blanker is ON.
•Holddown
NB
for 1 second to enter noise blank-
er set mode.
• Twin PBT (passband tuning) (p. 5-13)
➥ Rotate [TWIN PBT] controls (inner/outer).
•PBTindicator(above
PBT-CLR
switch) lights when
PBT is in use.
•Hold down
PBT-CLR
for 1 second to clear the set-
tings.
• Audio tone control (p. 12-4)
➥ Push [SET]
F-7
then [LEVEL]
F-1
to enter
level set mode. Select an item with [Y]
F-1
/
[Z]
F-2
then rotate the main dial to adjust the
audio tone.
• Noise reduction (p. 5-18)
➥ Push
NR
to turn the noise reduction ON or
OFF.
•Rotate [NR] control to adjust the noise reduction
level.
•Noisereductionindicator(above
NR
switch) lights
when the noise reduction is ON.
• Notch filter (p. 5-19)
➥ Push
NOTCH
to turn the auto or manual notch
function ON or OFF.
•Rotate[NOTCH]controltosetthe“valley”frequency
for manual notch operation.
•Notchindicator(above
NOTCH
switch) lights when
either the auto or manual notch is ON.
• AGC (auto gain control) (p. 5-12)
➥ Push [AGC]
(MF5) switch several times to select
AGC FAST, AGC MID or AGC SLOW.
➥ Push
AGCVR
to turn the AGC time constant
manual setting ON or OFF.
•Rotate[AGC]controltoadjustthetimeconstant.
• VSC (voice squelch control) (p. 9-3)
➥Push [VSC]
(MF7) to turn theVSC function ON
or OFF.
•TheVSC indicatorappears whenthe voice squelch
function is set to ON.
D Convenient functions for receive
[MIC] [TX] indicator [RX] indicator
[AF] Main dial
Band keys
SSBTRANSMIT
Appears

Icom IC-7700 Specifications

General

Brand	Icom
Model	IC-7700
Category	Transceiver
Language	English