I found from the manual that I can do CW with the Icom supplied mic.
Wanted to try it yesterday evening, but because of heavy wind and rain,
there was (is still) no power for the whole of yesterday night untill
now. Hopefully today evening I will try it out.

I am scared about transmitting, as costly stuff like a transceiver can
be difficult to get repaired in India. Sending it abroad for repair
costs as much as I would pay for a new transceiver!

73
Ramakrishnan, VU3RDD
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