Wish they had a rating HIGHER than 5, I would give it a 5+ I bought this mic NEW a few years ago.use it with my IC-736 xcvr.always get excellent audio reports on every band I use it on. It performs perfect in all forms of modulation.There's a mic variable adjustment-gainĪnd a HI/LO mic switch on the underside of the base. I used this mic on my IC-746 (16-yrs old).Have acquired a new rig, the IC-7410 just June of 2011.Still use this mic with my new rig.
This mic (SM-20) still works great with the updated xcvr. I bought this mic to work with my IC-736 xcvr.Just last year, traded in the IC-736 and got to IC-7410 xcvr. These are just what worked for me with my voice, your mileage may differ, but just thought this would help The only tricky part is the level adjustment on the bottom of the mic which has no "tic" marks to help guage adjustments. Keep lips four finger width away from MIC
Use NAR for DX pile up work but turn MIC GAIN to 2 O'clock to compensate Set COMPRESSION to MID for most QSO's and WIDE for rag chewing with another ham with a STRONG signal. TURN LOW CUT FILTER SWITCH TO "ON" (too bassy if set to "OFF") My SUGGESTED settings with a 756 PRO III is : Beware the LOCK button as it's kind of easy to hit. Great audio reports and the mic is both stylish and well made. nevertheless the SM-20 does not sound as smooth as my Behringer B-2Pro (a studio mic), i would always prefer that Behringer Microphone.īought this mic used, to be connected to my newly acquired ICOM 756 PRO III. Thats my taste but I would have liked much would have been a separable Mic from its Stand but no problem.Ī thing i found is, that the SM-20 needs a Foam Cap on the mic to sound better, specially in SSB. The optical appearance matches my awesome good ol' IC-765 nicely. The SM-20 seems to be very very resistant against HF, very good HF - Isolation! The SM-20 is build in heavy quality, only the Buttons (up/down, ptt & lock) feel a bit cheap, I hope over the time during daily use they dont break. I had rather would like a "high boost" knob like on some other audio devices to increase the higher range tones. There is a "low cut" button on the Mic but no problem, someone can keep it "off". There are minor issues but I want to mention them too. The low Volume is the only reason why I rate the SM-20 4/5 but not 5/5. The only bad thing with this Mic, is the low Audio Volume, even when the Audio level is set to the MAX on the mic, and without the "Comp" (Compressor) on the 765, I have to talk closely to the Mic to get enough Audio Out for a Power Meter reading on the Transceiver. The Reports I got on my Audio were "studio quality" and "very very clear", maybe a bit exagerated, to me it sounded ok when i recall hearing my voice on the SM-20 back.
#ICOM 756 PRO III SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#
My Icom SM-20 has the Serial Number 034***. I'm using the Icom SM-20 on my Icom IC-765 (big old analog Icom Transceiver, without DSP).
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