ADJUSTING IC7300 AND 1.5K-FA

      WITH BOTH ALC AND COMPRESSION

This procedure has worked well for me, giving full power output and receiving good reports on both signal strength
and audio.

Page 34 of the 1.5K-FA manual says:  "SPE recommends, when using the ALC link, that the transceiver be set to 
its maximum output power as the ALC will automatically reduce the driving power to the optimum driving level." and
for SSB: "Regulate the "MIC GAIN" of the transceiver until, speaking normally into the microphone, the signal peaks
on the display and does not quite reach maximum rated power." Also, "Keep in mind that, in some cases, if the ALC
link is active, the indication of ALC on the transceiver display may no longer be indicative."

I had been setting up the IC7300 MIC GAIN and COMPRESSION as described in the IC7300 Owners Manual and
then adjusting POWER to the 1.5K-FA to get 1.5KW peaks.   I was getting frequent dropouts as it seems this was
overdriving the amplifier and it protected itself by cutting power.  It was made worse by increasing COMPRESSION.

I have found it works better for me to ignore the setting of the MIC GAIN and COMPRESSION as described in the
IC7300 Owners Manual and to adjust the settings as outlined in the 1.5K-FA manual with one significant difference
that the COMPRESSION is set before the MIC GAIN.    :

1. Set the IC7300 output power to 100.  ◄-- NOTE: THIS IS ONLY FOR EXPERT AMPS THAT
                                                                     ADJUST THE DRIVE AUTOMATICALLY.  FOR OTHER
                                                                     AMPS SET TO NEEDED VALUE FOR THAT AMP

2. Set the MIC GAIN to zero and the COMPRESSION to your preference.  IC7300 audio seems better with
    a minimum COMPRESSION setting of 1.  Personally for my voice, I like a setting of at least 5.

3. Slowly increase the MIC GAIN until the SPE output shows OCCASIONAL peaks of 1.5KW.

NOTE:  If you change the COMPRESSION repeat, starting with a MIC GAIN of zero.

4. Adjust the IC7300 SSB Transmit Bass and Treble controls to whatever is best for your voice. ◄--NOTE:
    Increased COMPRESSION accentuates the Bass so decreasing the Bass is advised along with perhaps
    raising the bottom of the Transmit BW (TBW) to 200Hz.  This of course varies with individual voice. 

 Also I recommend that the TX DELAY be set to no less than 15ms.

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