My thoughts on the Icom Ic-7300 after one year of use
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- My thoughts on the Icom Ic-7300 after one year of use
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Great easy style of review, and balanced too. I like how you somehow covered all the facets; good and bad, functional and physical...in your rambling style!
Dave, I love how you make this complicated stuff manageable.
Thank you for taking your time and going over the radio along with your thoughts on the radio.
Where do I buy this particular one please
Just wanted to get started in HAM. Looked around a bit and this looked like the best punch for the buck. GREAT video review. I think you made my mind up. Thanks!
Nice review! I'm a ham and love it. I've been retired for 3 years and because of the hobby have never been bored. I also have a IC-7300 and it's a great first HF rig. Ham radio and electronics blend together.
Indeed they do. Thanks for the kind words and 73.
I have the same meaning as you With the IC7300. It has (here in Norway) also 60m, 6m, and 4m all modes. I love this radio, because of the simple way to use it. Love Your vid's by the way! The best from LB1NH Arild in Oslo Norway! :-)
Thanks for posting this video on the IC-7300.... Your walk-thru some of the functions was easy to understand.... 73's.
I’ve had my 7300 about a year and still haven’t mastered all the menus and tricks. It really is a great radio.
Great Video!! Your expression of your personal views is really appreciated and Very Helpfull. THANK YOU!
GREAT video.
I took the stairs to HF. I purchased this rig as an entry level HFCR. Much to learn but this tutorial helped me👍
Thank you for taking the time to make and post this review.... ICOM makes great radios.....
GREAT review! Love that you did it after a year's use too, that makes for a great reviewer.
Glad it was helpful!
Nice overview. Just got this radio myself and the touch screen was the selling point for me.
Thanks for a great video, I have learnt a few things from your video about this radio that I did not even know. I've got my 7300 for about 8 months now and I love it.
I'm using it quite a lot for digital work on FT4 and FT8, also Winlink and JS8CALL and a few other digital modes.
And yes it is a great radio, the best I've ever had.
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Thank you
Just ordered this radio today, Studying for my ham license, like this radio so much when ahead and pulled the trigger. Seems more user friendly for a newbie ham operator. I do have my ranger RCI63 400 W 11 m to play with for now though. Can't wait to get into ham operation.
Thanks for the video!! Got licensed in 2017 and my first HF rig was the Yaesu Ft-891 and then shortly after receiving and using the 891 I purchased the Icom 7300 and absolutely love it! I moved the Ft-891 to be my mobile HF rig and the 891 is perfect for a Mobile HF rig! I now have the 7300 & 9700 sitting side by side in my shack and I love them as a pair! I will one day upgrade my shack HF rig to the Icom 7610 ( or equivalent at the time) but will not let go of the 7300 as it will make a great Field rig and back up HF shack rig!! 73’s K4BBC
I'm the opposite lol, selling my 7300 now and use the FT-891 as my main rig, I live in the sticks with a super low noise floor and I can clearly hear the noise difference between the 891 and 7300 and if the band is noisy with QRN the 891 DNR really brings the signals out of the noise that the 7300 can only dream of, the filters on the 891 are also better.
Before I got the 7300 I was considering the FTDX-3000 and got the 7300 instead, I regretted it after but after playing around with a friends TS-590 SG I decided to get this instead, the sound and filters are amazing and it sounds much better on AM and SW broadcast too as does the 891 but the 590 has the edge on sound quality, for a portable rig the 891 is truly amazing.
I'm getting regular DX to south America from Ireland with the 891 and Chameleon MPAS 2.0 on 20m since Mid May 2020 when I got the MPAS and when I switch to the 7300 it's just frustrating to listen to because of the higher noise floor or harsh sounding audio which I think is more to do with it.
Perfect! I just ordered an Icom 7300 today. Looked at the used market and the sellers are either bogus or left their radio forsale on the various radio selling sites, and forgot to delete it (after it was sold). So, spent a little more $$ and got a new one. Should be here in a week or 2. HRO is back ordered but should have stock in the next week or 2.
Thanks for the video as it helps me get up to speed as I've never seen one in person.
This is the best review of the Icom 7300 that I have seen. Thank you for making this video.
Glad it was helpful!
Super nice radio. Great follow up review. 73 Paul.
This was great. Thanks for the intro on the radio
The noise blanker works very well but you have to set the levels first. Once set, there no more pulse noise. As for the noise reduction, I never found it to do much but it helps on weak cw signals when you are using narrow filtering.
13:45 LOL!
Beautiful radio thanks for sharing!
Very helpful overview, thank you!
I've had mine almost 4 years now but still loving it.
Appreciate your candid and informative pres. I just bought 7300 as I wanted example of relatively recent base radio. All who own one are really happy with it. W6TPO
Pretty nice and beautiful radio, dude. Really nice! 😃
I have the same 7300. got it new with the MARS mod. after more than a year still learning new tricks and love it. I use it for portable (POTA) with LiFePo4 battery. works super. love that SWR feature. how I tuned my end fed half wave dipole . I left me antenna analyzer home. I have the AL 572 amp. I used my 7300 to help with input tune that was off on 12 and 17 meters. a outher trick I learned. 2 tuners in play. I had same trouble with USB cord. use a T 240-43 core and few wraps did the trick. I run FT4 and FT8 and RTTY. even the WSPR . their is a emergency mode that drops power 50% on TX and allows tuner to work over a 3:1 match. did this with a 9:1 random wire antenna. got out great from a park. I never run over 50% TX power anyways. worked 10 meter FM repeater today. does split and PL tones even 6 meters. you will love the adjustable filters. really helps with stations right buy. and noise. you loose sound quality when narrow band with a bunch. but with a station 2or 3 Kc off really cleans it up trying to hear weak contacts. some times I use foot pedal to key radio so I can use HAMRS to log my contacts. and talk same time. very nice radio ! full 6 meters all mode. 73's
Best presentation on the 7300 I've seen Many thanks. If it wasn't for the scandalous price over here in the UK I would buy one. 73, Mike. G4MJA
Can't believe the price over there. Here after rebate were in the $900's
transmit into a resonant antenna then check the rf in the shack. The onboard tuner just helps to protect your radio from damage due to horrible swr. The key is to have a resonant antenna or at least very close to it.
Sir, you are awesome. Thanks for the vid.
Very well produced and to the point !!
I'm thinking of purchasing one from Giga parts. Now I have a kenwood five ninety and a 706. I love the 706 and the kenwood is setting on the shelf. I enjoyed your video.
Man, wish they were running that special still with a PSU. $999 for that combo is a steal!
Who was running that special? Which PSU was included?
Just wanted to say Hi, I just bought an IC-7300, I love it. I am a neighbor, I live up the river in ELO. enjoy the videos, keep them coming.
Hi Thomas. I was just in your fine city. I was at DC Music in Calcutta just an hour ago.
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HI, wb8bra here... nice video on this rig... I am thinking about getting radio. you did a great job explaining your thoughts..I really like the 7300 ..
You convinced, me great video and radio description.
73 from Poland
I came across your video today. Your explanation has been the best I have every heard on the 7300. I do a lot of POTA, and have been considering purchasing one for that use. It's small and compact, and although I love my Icom 706MKIIg, this is a huge improvement. Thank You DE K4KAL
Great video and talk thru. Thanks!
Main selling point is the display? No, I would say it it the fact that it is n SDR - the display comes along for the ride. All the great Rx functions are a result of it being an SDR. An SDR radio with knobs and for less than a grand USD is incredible!
But I agree, having that spectrum on the radio is nice!
Brand new at this. Taking my Technician exam this Sat 11/6/21. Very very helpful. I liked the radio too, so I must be on the right track! Thx. Can the radio operate stand alone? You mentioned a power supply for it?
Nice and informative video Lil Dude! 😎
Good introduction to ham radio equipment.
Thanks
Nice video on this rig
Thanks for the great information about the 7300 that I have been considering after being away from HAM radio for 40 years. Stan, KH6JMK now in the Pacific Northwest. 73
Stan Cook Great radio; lots of features. Many videos that will walk you through it’s operation on you tube
Hi, Stan I am also in your position - last time on the air was 1976. I acquired the ic7300 this year and am entirely overwhelmed. When I had used SP600, kwm, Hallicrafter receivers it was very simple. Power on, audio up, tune, squelch. What a difference. Watching David's video was helpful but, I need more (the manuals do not do the explanations) and in my search for instructions I happened on this video. WA4YDS, dickdham@hotmail.com, and used to live in Poulsbo.
I love my 7300. I have had it for a couple of years. The weak point is the internal ATU. Too narrow a range. 3:1 is fine for beams but not for my 43ft vertical or even some dipoles. I have an external tuner for those situations.
Yeah. Thats almost useless. Thats 1980s level internal atu spec. Should be 5:1
Well I got this radio. You are right a great radio and again nice video. I love the radio. thank again for a great video..
Great video .I thought a lot about the screen issue too. Almost didn't buy it because of that was going to go with a used 7000 instead but used radios today are priced way to high. What I'm saying is I rather have the new one for a few dollars more then possibly someone else's headaches.
Selling point is the SD sampling receiver. Display is secondary
That is an amazing rig. I was really jealous of the noise reduction as my TS-440s has a lot of noise, but I quickly got over it when I realized I'd mostly be hearing old men's health issues with greater clarity if I had the Icom.
"Welcome to Amateur Radio, Where old men talk about their health problems!" 🤣
Old men.....hahaha turn your VFO.....Who do you think kept the hobby alive so you could get your license these days ?? hahaha
@@Sneaky-Sneaky Someone needs to learn what the emoji 🤣 means...
And I got my licence in the mid 90's, when I was 12.
Pieh0 I got my lic. In 1974 and I know what🤣 means....hahaha ....you might of guessed my comment wasn’t directed at you but the orig. comment...🤣
Pieh0 yep
Awesome vid. Waves from Mobile, AL
Ok I have a question, how did you get the scope on top of the audio scope, that's so cool. I use the audio scope for digital, but I did not know you could have the spectrum scope and the audio scope at the same time.
Looks like you have an external tuner. Is the internal tuner on the 7300 not that good? Also, how good is the noise blanker? Sounds from what you said, it is not that good. I have high noise levels at times where I live.
Hi,
Nice video. I have the IC-7300 for 2 years, and it is my first HF rig. I learned a lot whhile exploring and operating in HF bands.
You might have a point about the touch screen, but if you start to use it with computer, touching the screen may gets lesser and lesser. Today, most used buttons/dials on IC-7300 is the VFO knob. Even to power up and down the rig is through computer. I have RAspberry Pi 3B+ 'permanently' connected to the rig. I operates the rig using custom made scripts. Yeah, I am a IT guy, and nothing is better than 'sending commands' with keyboard.
Also with computer, we can record QSOs and transmits it too. Very nice if we want to share how our ham friend sound like, Not to mention many software for digital modes.
I use 1:1 common mode choke at feedline to reduce RFI., so I not experiencing bad RFI at my base.
Thank you and good luck.
Bahatir 9W2GNU, 73.
9W2GNU. Would you kindly explain how you connected the common mode choke, is on the USB cable or on the power cable? 73 from SU1GZ
I found a choke outside the shack where the coax comes down, reduces a lot of the RF in the shack that got into speakers and stuff. You can make one with 20 to 18 feet of coiled coax. See directions on the internet.
Pretty amazing I just saw this on sale for under $900. It was $1,700 when it first came out, I paid $1,350 a couple of years ago. It’s great to see this technology available at more affordable prices!
OMG! Below 900$, it's time to buy this rig👍
@@okhamradio must be model change time
Back up to $1200 in 2022. Thanks inflation
@@RMJ01 lets go brandon.
They are probably getting ready to come out with an updated model. 7319 Maybe with a roofing filter or two?@@techguy9023
Do you think it would be feasible to use this particular transceiver with a magnetic loop? Anything I run in my current situation has to be indoors. Dipole wouldn't really be an option. I was initially looking hard at the IC-705 as well. The portability of it (along with that sexy screen) is a serious selling point too. Great video, thanks.
Its possible. Homemade is best if you're ok with tinkering a bit to get it working at first.
Great radio but your query concerning the life of the touch screen was worrying. I have an IC706 Mk1 that I occassionally use when I'm between rigs. It must be 50+ years old and still works as good as new. Will anyone be able to say this about the IC7300 in the future?
I see lots of videos showing all the features , what I'd really like is side by side comparisons on the receiver. How is it pulling out weak signals vs other transceivers?
more than a few have claimed it has a weak receive? Own a yaesu ftdx1200 and just receive. No license and not really interested in talking.
As a Ham, you're allowed to work on your own rig, so with a new diplay board, you should be good to go.
Thanks for the video, it was very informative. I know you use an external tuner because of your amp but what do you think of the internal tuner for someone just using 100w with decent antennas?
It is very good
@@learnelectronics Thanks. I was going to ask the same question as WASRT asked. I am purchasing one of these units very soon. '73 / Steve / K4SRF
My 7300's tuner is perfect for my 40m vertical mounted on the rear of our motorhome. If the antenna is connected to a good ground / coounterpoise for a 1/4 wave vertical like I have, it makes perfect 1:1.0 matches a breeze! The radio is extremely easy to tune on it's own internal tuner.
Liked and subbed. No bullshit . clear concise description
They stop talking as soon as I get there and there's a train coming...kinda defines my life in a nutshell. 🤣🤣
thanks ia am thinking between the 7300 and the ft 991 and the 733 does get a lot of good reviews. cheers
Nice video. Wish I could get that same deal now
I just picked one up for $259 used and it works great. So happy with this.
$259? You lucky OM. If you ever want to sell it I'll give you $260. 👏
5:08 - It makes me smile, knowing that you'll be one of them, much sooner than you think.
I’ve been thinking about getting one of those SDR dongles just to listen in on stuff. I still can’t wrap my head around the single side band thing, I may just need to dig in to theory on it a little deeper. I enjoy learning about the Ham stuff even though it is way outside of my budget just for learnings sake. Great video Paul, have a great weekend.
Thanks Mike. Ham radio doesn't have to cost a fortune. You can get into it for about 30 bucks with a Baofeng UV5R.
Cool I’m going to have to check it out.
Mike oliver did you do it? I always wanted to get into amateur radio but couldn’t force myself to study for the test. So I joined the feng gang knowing the desire to touch that PTT would make me get my license faster - and it worked!
Its am radio. Minus the carrier (center frequency) and minus the other sideband.
@@KazzArie feng gang 😂😂
Any way to hook up my MFJ Versa Tuner to be triggered by 7300? Good job on the vid. Although you weren't terribly specific, I picked up some good points. Thx!
Can you explain further why you needed the ferries? Would the radio be affected or your computer?
Mine has a few flaky issues on 6 meters. Click PTT and the RX gain changes. Occasionally weird behavior on SSB TX on 6. That might...might be an antenna or feedline issue but only affects SSB.
Agree with everything you said.
In previous Videos You have had FT450 And FT1200, do u still have those radiios as well? The Icom 7300 is prolific, like a VW Beetle in 1975. Gd Value for money. It seems
You forgot the FT-891. Yes I'm a collector of HF tranceivers.
@@learnelectronics ahh didnt recall that one,.. 891, well me too.
897D 3000 991a 450 7100, very addictive, cheers, enjoy yr channel
Thought would add speaker tip. The companion speaker is so expensive and looking around have found a 4" speaker 200watt? rated cube from Pyle on amazon. The thing feels like it weigh's 2 lbs and is really solid. Perfect sound and size for the 7300 or other radios. Amazon sells it in pairs for.....33.00! Incredible sound and says 80hz-18k? The best companion speaker ever bought was an yaesu sp-20 but not needed with this one. Looks excellent also. Thanks for the video.
On the low bands with a base noise level of S9, you should roll back your RF gain until it's barely registering, then turn up your audio level, try it without the NR engaged, then add the NR. Now, you'll have the best sound for receive.
The audio scope function is handy for calibrating digital modes (FT8, PSK31 and so on).
I have the 7300 around a year too but it's gathering dust a couple of months because I just enjoy the audio from my FT-891 a lot more, pure analogue sound not destroyed by SDR mutilated digital noise. Disconnect the antenna and that harsh white noise is dreadful and makes listening fatiguing, connect an antenna and you get band noise + this harsh sounding audio.
I thought the 7300 was great until I got the FT-891 for portable use but now use it as a base rig, the menus are plenty but most set and forget and it's not bad to operate, harder alright than the 7300 but the best scope in the world can not compensate for the bad audio on the 7300 and it's nr isn't very effective, the DNR on the 891 is fantastic, it can really help pull a weak signal out of the noise where as the nr on the 7300 doesn't because it just changes the audio tone rather than enhance the signal but even without DNR the 891 is a real sweet sounding radio. I always listen via headphones.
The 891 filters are also better too, an amazing rig for the money, now I have my 7300 for sale and have a TS-590SG on the way, best of both worlds, great receiver, excellent filters and built in pan adaptor and it looks like a radio.
For any new hams, if you can stretch to a 590 SG then do or even the FTDX-1200/3000, all the screens in the world won't help you hear a signal better.
I even got the PTRX-7300 panadapter but by that time it was too late, I have fallen out of love with the 7300 because as I got more experienced I realised that Icom spent a lot more time on bling than on receiver quality and performance.
Just my opinion, don't flame me lol.
I have both radios, too, but have gone the opposite direction. I never really cottoned to the exhaustive menu system of the FT-891. On the other hand, I consider a waterfall display to be the greatest feature ever added to an HF ham rig. The 7300's built-in sound card clinched the deal.
@@d.jensen5153 The 891 is one of the most underrated radios in Amateur radio in my opinion, sure the menus are a lot but most are set and forget, changing bands and modes then isn't much of a hassle and one really neat feature is that when you press PTT and up on the 891 hand mic it automatically sends a carrier and changes the meter to read the SWR and if using an auto tuner it will tune automatically or if using a loop antenna it makes things quite convenient. Other than this you'd have to go into the menu change to AM then change the meter to SWR, this really is a neat feature the 891 has. One thing you have to do is make sure AM power is set to 5 Watts max so when you press PTT and UP it will automatically send a 5w carrier. I use the MFJ-939Y and had to set an internal jumper but it works amazingly well with the 891.
The 891 has amazing audio I found to be much better than the 7300 with headphones as I listen with headphones 99% of the time and one of the reasons I sold the 7300 was because I needed the noise reduction on all the time which effects the audio quality and I rarely Duse DNR on the 891 or especially on my FTDX-10, the audio on this is amazing and the receiver performance. It also has a built in sound card and I use it for PSK31, RTTY and Olivia, Contestia etc.
The other issue I had with the 7300 is that it wasn't the best for SWL as it cut a lot of the low frequencies from the audio.
The 891 works amazingly well as a portable rig and also as a base station for not a lot of money, I also have the 450D and while I like using the radio and love the way it lights up at night the audio is terrible compared to the 891. Connected to a computer, the 891 is even easier to use with the likes of FL Rig or Ham Radio Deluxe.
Waterfalls are nice to have but not the be-all and end-all, I'd rather a radio with great audio and receiver performance but I suppose the FTDX-10 has it all, screen and waterfall, amazing audio and receiver performance and amazing low noise floor compared say, to the 7300.
Full SDR can sound noisy and harsh but superhet and SDR gives the dx10 amazing audio and receiver performance and waterfall and thankfully yaesu didn't go full sdr with the DX10 though I believe they went full SDR with the 710 but not certain.
Anyway, the 891 is truly an amazing radio for the size + money and considering it's around the same size but a bit heavier than the xiegu g90 it's by far a much better radio and 100 watts. I had the G90 but didn't like it at all, horrible radio to use and noisy audio and a crappy menu system.
Nice presentation and yea its your channel.. but would you buy it for a grid down situation with maybe the potential of the touch screen going out. I'm a newbie . Just wondering :)
Yes, because it can be entirely controlled via a laptop or desktop.
I did own one of these about 4 years ago. I'm torn between buying another one of these or the Yaesu ftdx10
Thanks very interesting. Time flies I can't believe it was a year already! I wanted one for ages but it was too much for me, I'm now waiting for a good one to come on the 2nd hand market cheap. If ICOM brings out a replacement upgrade I'm sure there will be a glut of 7300's to choose from. :)
Ha ha, your dreaming.
@@forgetyourlife really? I know you are just trolling but you think ICOM will never make another new radio to replace the 7300?
They did the exact same thing with the 7600 and now there is the 7610...
stewartrv LoL. Is a troll a person who doesn’t share your marketing genius? The 7300 is still selling like hot cakes. It will be years till they even have to bother updating it. And by “cheap” i assume you mean something stupid like 500 dollars. Once again, your dreaming.
@@forgetyourlife No IMHO a troll is a person who cannot string together a cohesive logical argument to refute a difference of opinion and so resorts to name calling or bullying just to try and look clever... I don't claim to be a marketing genius this is your attempted deflection because you don't agree, and are incapable of articulating why that is. Second when you wrote "i assume" it is just that an assumption, I never said how much I consider cheap.
I think the user interface is very good and it has lots of features. The only thing I've missed so far is a keyboard interface for RTTY. Without a computer you can send only presaved messages and editing them for a "quick" reply just does not work. You can send CQ with them well and decode the responses from others. I'd love to use the radio without a computer.
Does it have any usb-a recepticles?
@@nicklikesradio Only ubs-B on the back.
Excellent review what antenna is suggested?
Sounds Great - I am convinced
I believe you have to select the CW mode before the Autotune feature works for CW signals. Not demonstrated right, but enjoyed the rest of the video.
Nice Review, Thank You, W1DLB
Fantastic review...I like the long view on this, I've had older rigs...this will be my first SDR...just getting back into the hobby after a very long hiatus and this is what I needed regarding usability over time...ICOM 7300 it is...:-) 73s de AC3FB...
If you have any questions when you get it, feel free to email me, I'll be glad to help.
@@learnelectronics thanks...I'm used to boat anchors...I'll be ordering it in the new year...
I got my novice back in '91...used my dad's old radio and did radio at my university and for a few years after...but after I was working and had a young family, got away from it...now back into it...so very different...😁
this is probably the best less than $1k radio on the planet right now, alot of old timers dont like the touch screen but I find it amazing and hard to go back to radios that dont have the scope which can be extremely helpful finding activity
I agree. I have a couple other radios including a Yaesu FTDX1200, and after using the touch screen, I cant go back.
Nice video......after 3 years use, my disappointment with the 7300 is the ATU only covers 3:1 and the receiver, compared to my KX3 is very noisy ... 73/K6SDW
hard still for me to give up my 756p3... tho if the 756p3 had the scope like this .. oooo it would be awsome.. the spect style scope is ok tho.. it tells me what i need to know..
I've still got my 756pro2 , It's a hard radio to beat for sure .
Nice radios , But I didn't get on with mine , Had it just over a few weeks and sold it on , Suffered to much breakthrough issues , I use a 40 MTR band 2 element Yagi and the 7300 just got swamped ... No such issues though on my IC-756 pro2, TS-870 or the FT-2000 I have .
Cool
Just saw your video on the I C 7300. How would you compare it to the I C7 05QRP radio? I know the 705 is a QRP radio battery operated and so forth. I know that they’ve made certain modifications to the 705 for speech output for the visually impaired, I am a member of that community. I’m wondering if they’ve accommodated the 7300 with the speech output in firmware updates.
Never used the 705
Does your external tuner need an additional cable to be triggered by the ‘tune’ button on the radio?
Charley Bratton Yes. Look at the LDG Electronics tuners. I have an it-100 which has purpose made cables for icom radios.
@@FranklySpeaking73 Oh, so you need a special tuner...can't just use my MFJ Versa Tuner.
So what your saying is your swr can be high and the radio will tune the antenna without adjusting and won't hurt radio with high swr
Great job,,TY!
I'm looking to upgrade from my 20+ year old FT-840 radio and this one looks like a good choice. I like how the menu system works. Q: What USB cables did you have to put the ferrite beads on? My current radio is not connected at all to my PC. Thanks, John
Ft-840? Ill save it!
@@nicklikesradio Already long gone.
I have had my IC-7300 for about two years now and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Until the 2022 ARRL NA QSO party, like you, I hadn't used the audio screen much, especially since I usually work digital modes using WSJT-X and HRD DM-780 software. The 20m band was the only thing workable and it was very crowded, so I tried the audio display and found it was pretty helpful in tuning in the signal I wanted between many loud close by stations. I also own a Yaesu FT-991a that I bought specifically for the C4FM mode and I never use it for HF operation. It's user interface is HORRIBLE and so confusing that I call it "user hostile".
User hostile....I like that!
When i do an swr check I’m at 1.5 with 1% or watt. When i increase the power to 5% or 50-60-80% or watts. My swr goes over 3.0. Any ideas? Thanks guys.
Seems to have a great water fall & spectrum display something my old Kenwood TS-2000 lacks. Definitely HamRadio Deluxe has satisfied me for some years. Appreciate you excellent review.
73 Steve AA4SH
I'm new to ham. Great video
I have a 9700 and get no RF issues in digital modes; why is the 7300 different?
The IC-7300 was my first non-kit radio. I will say that for the most part this is a great radio. However, if like me you are mainly interested in CW be forewarned that it uses relay T/R switching. That means if you're using full break-in mode you will hear that relay with every single key click. Even if you use semi-full break-in you get a lot of clacking. And it is loud. You can open up the radio and put BlueTak over the offending relays, but you will still hear it. Headphones help, of course, but it is still there. I sold mine after a few months, feeling rather stupid for not having investigated that before I bought it.
ksb2112........Interesting. I just bought one, but didn't know about this either. I haven't received mine yet, so I have a question: Can the relays be "remoted"? When I was a kid, I took the relay out of my keyer, waterproofed it and stuck it outside! Are they connectorized, or unpluggable? TY. de NN6A.