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!
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!
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.
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! :-)
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.
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
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.
I love the multimeter when I am running FT-8 so I can watch ALC, power and SWR all at the same time since FT-8 can have a tendency to quit working and must be rebooted. Thanks for the review.
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.
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!
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.
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.
I noticed that the radio display showed "VFO A". Does the radio have multiple VFO's.? I've been away from Ham radio for about 40 years (LIFE GOT IN THE WAY) but now being i am going to be semi-retired and have more income I'm going to get back into it. Thank you for the review and bless you.
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.
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!
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
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. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
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.
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.
If you need two tuners to get less than 3 to 1 SWR, you need to optimize your coax length and possibly antenna as well. Otherwise you are getting a fraction of the power into the air.
Two tuners aren't used at the same time. The IC-7300 will either internally tune or send the signal to the external tuner to tune, but not both at the same time. Works well.
Noise blanker does almost nothing...unless you have a tractor or helicopter or something like that. Then it works well. Noise reduction and noise blanker are two different things for two different problems.
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
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.
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 .
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.
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
Two questions about your RF in the shack: 1. Do you have your station grounded? 2. Are you using some kind of RF choke at your antenna? Strangely, I'm hoping the answer is no to one or both of those to cement in my mind what I've been reading about RF floating around in the shack.
Station is grounded through the power supply to the house earth ground. There is no choke at this point. Later I bought the palomar engineers choke kit. It cured all my RF issues
@@learnelectronics Thanks, so the choke kit does fit with one of the cures for RF I've been reading. Any thoughts for an RF ground with a short wire directly to a rod outside your shack? I've read over the years that using the house electrical ground is good for electrical but not RF.
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.
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!
I just got one today, I don’t have an antenna yet, I connected a long copper winding wire to a SO-239 and draped it around my back yard for receiving purposes. I might try extra height tomorrow, I also have ordered a 9:1 unun for some end fed random wire stuff. Still finding out stuff.
It's fantastic radio, except in one specific case: the front end is easily overloaded. So you really want a bandpass filter if you are doing a field day type event.
@@learnelectronics Thanks, I might connect the copper wire tomorrow and wade through the manual again, (RTFM - again). I’m waiting for a JPC-12 portable vertical to get started.
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
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?
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.
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.
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 was using an IC-736 and there is a lot of noise that it had a lot of trouble getting rid of. My IC-7300 arrived Wednesday evening. Even without the noise blanker (NB) off, the noise was way below what I had heard on the 736. No not a perfect radio, and some will say it is just a glorified SDR (what a lot of glory). I say life's too short. I've been a ham for 11 years and have yet to transmit on HF. Easily worth the current sale price + a $100 rebate for a total of $300 off. How can you miss? Complicated menu, yes, Great performance, yes. Would I buy it again? In a moment.
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.
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.
You just sold a radio. I've always had boatanchors - TS830S, HW101, FT101E, presently my daily-driver is an IC-730 (newest radio I own). The 7300 is my next radio. I love that spectrum analyzer. I have the same amp BTW. Gread vid - Thumbs-up.
The scope won't allow you hear signals better, if I were you after owning a 7300 for a year I would get the FTDX-3000 or TS-590 SG, both have much better receivers and much better audio and the TS-590 SG has a panadapter built in so you can add a SDR Play so you will have the best of both worlds and more because this will allow you SDR on the big screen, and a proper radio with all the buttons + the ability to control the radio from a computer using Omnirig, having the waterfall on a big screen is just amazing, believe me you will much prefer this setup. I wish more manufacturers would go this route, proper radio with buttons and IF out so the buyer can choose to add an sdr if they want. I now have my 7300 up for sale while I wait for the 590SG , the 7300 is a decent first rig but for a little extra you can get a lot better.
@@sergeybelov1682 HI Sergey, no I didn't get the 590SG after, it was taking a very long time to arrive, it was out of stock a long time so I decided to get the Acom 1000 instead but my Friend has the 590SG and I like it a lot, every time I go to this house I have to get to work his 590SG. 590SG has better audio and filters than my 7300 and It's much better to operate. I really like it but shame I don't have it but acom 1000 is excellent too but sooner I get rid of the 7300 the better while nice radio it's audio and filtering are not so good when you use a radio like the 590SG.
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. :)
@@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.
Have you heard of anyone that has had trouble with the touch screen? With the radio being out for years, if there is a problem with the touch screen someone would have said something about it, on air or in some of the many RUclips videos.
Hi, I have a question about the 7300. When talking to other hams I seem to be right on frequency. If I go to 27 MHz everybody seems to be off-frequency by 2 MHZ. Is this normal or can I correct something so everybody is on frequency?
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?
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.
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 :)
You could have 'rambled on' much further with no complaint from me!! I'm getting ready to buy my first HF rig and was pretty well set on the 7300.....and you both made me feel better about that choice *and* taught me a few things in advance of my purchase! Thanks, and 73 DE W1NLJ
I just bought one about 30 days ago. Hooked it up and connected a 20m dipole. So let me explain that just a little, sat the box down and 15 minutes later I was running. Literally 5 minutes from power up I was DX’ing with a guy in Ireland. Every primary control was very intuitive and I was tweaking on the fly. A little more detail there, I just entered the ham world in January of this year. Tech in January, General in February. You simply can’t go wrong with this rig.
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
There doesn't appear to be a PC monitor sockets on the back of the radio like there is on the IC 7800. However, since you can plug the radio directly into your PC are you still able to have this function where you can see the radio display on a larger monitor if you wish?
Do You know a better firmware for it? Even WebSDR has better left-right navigation / scrolling that this expensive transceiver. Compare both and You'll see what I'm talking about.
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.
Thanks for this. I hate touch screens, so I'll stick with my old radios. I was just on 17 with my old TS-430S. Yesterday with my TenTec Jupiter. Hee hee. Have fun.
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.
How did you know to add the ferrite things on the usb? Did you measure the output somehow? I'm not really sure what those are or what they are used for but am looking into getting this radio in the long run and doing digital. Im still a beginner but am starting to save up for something like this.
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.
New ham here, just got my call sign- I want one of these but going to see how much interest I really have in radio. Not interested in talking weather and medical problems all night with people. Cool hobby though just trying to find my niche. Might just get a cheap HT initially to see if I really want to go further
Ive been looking at radios lately too. Only really interested in what they can do in grid-down scenarios. Definitely not interested in listening to old men prattle. If you're interested, I have little aviation channel.
After more than 2 years with this radio I'm still not impressed. The touch screen menus are easier than say, an FT100 or an Icom IC706*. However the basic functionality lacks in comparison to those 2 small rigs and comes nowhere close to a TS940. I can hear stations with a metal close hanger on the 940 that the 7300 struggles to pull out on the antenna farm. I've searched for mods to increase sensitivity but haven't found anything besides configuration "mods".
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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!
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
Great Video!! Your expression of your personal views is really appreciated and Very Helpfull. THANK YOU!
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! :-)
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.
I’ve had my 7300 about a year and still haven’t mastered all the menus and tricks. It really is a great radio.
This is the best review of the Icom 7300 that I have seen. Thank you for making this video.
Glad it was helpful!
GREAT review! Love that you did it after a year's use too, that makes for a great reviewer.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for posting this video on the IC-7300.... Your walk-thru some of the functions was easy to understand.... 73's.
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
I've had mine almost 4 years now but still loving it.
13:45 LOL!
Beautiful radio thanks for sharing!
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.
Nice review! I don’t even have my tech yet and I was able to understand as you explained it. I think this will be the first radio I buy. Thanks
I love the multimeter when I am running FT-8 so I can watch ALC, power and SWR all at the same time since FT-8 can have a tendency to quit working and must be rebooted. Thanks for the review.
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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Thank you for taking the time to make and post this review.... ICOM makes great radios.....
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
I noticed that the radio display showed "VFO A".
Does the radio have multiple VFO's.?
I've been away from Ham radio for about 40 years (LIFE GOT IN THE WAY) but now being i am going to be semi-retired and have more income I'm going to get back into it.
Thank you for the review and bless you.
Very helpful overview, thank you!
This was great. Thanks for the intro on the radio
Selling point is the SD sampling receiver. Display is secondary
Nice video on this rig
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.
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!
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
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
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
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👍
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
I'll stick to the 101E for simplicity sake.....
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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.
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
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. 👏
They stop talking as soon as I get there and there's a train coming...kinda defines my life in a nutshell. 🤣🤣
If you need two tuners to get less than 3 to 1 SWR, you need to optimize your coax length and possibly antenna as well. Otherwise you are getting a fraction of the power into the air.
Two tuners aren't used at the same time. The IC-7300 will either internally tune or send the signal to the external tuner to tune, but not both at the same time. Works well.
Nice overview. Just got this radio myself and the touch screen was the selling point for me.
Noise blanker does almost nothing...unless you have a tractor or helicopter or something like that. Then it works well. Noise reduction and noise blanker are two different things for two different problems.
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
Super nice radio. Great follow up review. 73 Paul.
I did own one of these about 4 years ago. I'm torn between buying another one of these or the Yaesu ftdx10
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
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
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.
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
Two questions about your RF in the shack:
1. Do you have your station grounded?
2. Are you using some kind of RF choke at your antenna?
Strangely, I'm hoping the answer is no to one or both of those to cement in my mind what I've been reading about RF floating around in the shack.
Station is grounded through the power supply to the house earth ground. There is no choke at this point. Later I bought the palomar engineers choke kit. It cured all my RF issues
@@learnelectronics Thanks, so the choke kit does fit with one of the cures for RF I've been reading.
Any thoughts for an RF ground with a short wire directly to a rod outside your shack? I've read over the years that using the house electrical ground is good for electrical but not RF.
If you use a ground rod it needs to be bonded to your house ground.
5:08 - It makes me smile, knowing that you'll be one of them, much sooner than you think.
I just got my ham license a couple weeks ago I am looking at getting the ic-7300
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 😂😂
I just got one today, I don’t have an antenna yet, I connected a long copper winding wire to a SO-239 and draped it around my back yard for receiving purposes. I might try extra height tomorrow, I also have ordered a 9:1 unun for some end fed random wire stuff. Still finding out stuff.
It's fantastic radio, except in one specific case: the front end is easily overloaded. So you really want a bandpass filter if you are doing a field day type event.
@@learnelectronics Thanks, I might connect the copper wire tomorrow and wade through the manual again, (RTFM - again).
I’m waiting for a JPC-12 portable vertical to get started.
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
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?
Just rewatching this vid! Working on my general. The 7300 is my dream radio. What antenna are you using? KC1STB 73.
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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.
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.
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 .
As a Ham, you're allowed to work on your own rig, so with a new diplay board, you should be good to go.
I was using an IC-736 and there is a lot of noise that it had a lot of trouble getting rid of. My IC-7300 arrived Wednesday evening. Even without the noise blanker (NB) off, the noise was way below what I had heard on the 736. No not a perfect radio, and some will say it is just a glorified SDR (what a lot of glory). I say life's too short. I've been a ham for 11 years and have yet to transmit on HF. Easily worth the current sale price + a $100 rebate for a total of $300 off. How can you miss? Complicated menu, yes, Great performance, yes. Would I buy it again? In a moment.
Just saw one at auction but just the radio. To get it working what else should I but. Oh just getting into it so don't know anything
$999 at a few dealers now til end of tax time in america in Jan 2021... Hoping to score my first 100W HF rig this year
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.
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.
You just sold a radio. I've always had boatanchors - TS830S, HW101, FT101E, presently my daily-driver is an IC-730 (newest radio I own). The 7300 is my next radio. I love that spectrum analyzer. I have the same amp BTW. Gread vid - Thumbs-up.
The scope won't allow you hear signals better, if I were you after owning a 7300 for a year I would get the FTDX-3000 or TS-590 SG, both have much better receivers and much better audio and the TS-590 SG has a panadapter built in so you can add a SDR Play so you will have the best of both worlds and more because this will allow you SDR on the big screen, and a proper radio with all the buttons + the ability to control the radio from a computer using Omnirig, having the waterfall on a big screen is just amazing, believe me you will much prefer this setup.
I wish more manufacturers would go this route, proper radio with buttons and IF out so the buyer can choose to add an sdr if they want.
I now have my 7300 up for sale while I wait for the 590SG , the 7300 is a decent first rig but for a little extra you can get a lot better.
@@o00scorpion00o , Did you buy 590SG?. If yes, do you like how it work?.
@@sergeybelov1682 HI Sergey, no I didn't get the 590SG after, it was taking a very long time to arrive, it was out of stock a long time so I decided to get the Acom 1000 instead but my Friend has the 590SG and I like it a lot, every time I go to this house I have to get to work his 590SG.
590SG has better audio and filters than my 7300 and It's much better to operate. I really like it but shame I don't have it but acom 1000 is excellent too but sooner I get rid of the 7300 the better while nice radio it's audio and filtering are not so good when you use a radio like the 590SG.
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.
Have you heard of anyone that has had trouble with the touch screen? With the radio being out for years, if there is a problem with the touch screen someone would have said something about it, on air or in some of the many RUclips videos.
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.
You convinced, me great video and radio description.
73 from Poland
Hi, I have a question about the 7300. When talking to other hams I seem to be right on frequency. If I go to 27 MHz everybody seems to be off-frequency by 2 MHZ. Is this normal or can I correct something so everybody is on frequency?
He forgot to mention the 7300 has SIX meter band , all mode. I have had some fun wirking 6M openings with this rig.
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?
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.
I dont get any RF back on my computers, maybe its because your antennas are not resonant and the co-ax is radiating ?
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
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.
You would need the IC-7610 if you wanted to listen to two bands at once. And it just so happens that I now have a 7610.
73 VE7NDE
You could have 'rambled on' much further with no complaint from me!! I'm getting ready to buy my first HF rig and was pretty well set on the 7300.....and you both made me feel better about that choice *and* taught me a few things in advance of my purchase! Thanks, and 73 DE W1NLJ
I just bought one about 30 days ago. Hooked it up and connected a 20m dipole. So let me explain that just a little, sat the box down and 15 minutes later I was running. Literally 5 minutes from power up I was DX’ing with a guy in Ireland. Every primary control was very intuitive and I was tweaking on the fly. A little more detail there, I just entered the ham world in January of this year. Tech in January, General in February. You simply can’t go wrong with this rig.
@@KO4AYE ... Great to hear! Thanks, Ron. 73 W1NLJ
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.
After you use the 7300 for a year and go back to another radio like an ICOM 706 MKIIG, you still want to touch the 706 screen to change stuff.
There doesn't appear to be a PC monitor sockets on the back of the radio like there is on the IC 7800. However, since you can plug the radio directly into your PC are you still able to have this function where you can see the radio display on a larger monitor if you wish?
Not natively, but there are ways to do through software
Nice video. Wish I could get that same deal now
Do You know a better firmware for it? Even WebSDR has better left-right navigation / scrolling that this expensive transceiver. Compare both and You'll see what I'm talking about.
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
Why you didn't do pbt or filter adjusting with real signals?????
Thanks for this. I hate touch screens, so I'll stick with my old radios. I was just on 17 with my old TS-430S. Yesterday with my TenTec Jupiter. Hee hee. Have fun.
I miss TenTec. They made nice radios.
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.
How did you know to add the ferrite things on the usb? Did you measure the output somehow? I'm not really sure what those are or what they are used for but am looking into getting this radio in the long run and doing digital. Im still a beginner but am starting to save up for something like this.
The beads absorb excess RF emitting from the USB cable. You may not need them, every setup will be unique.
Can you explain further why you needed the ferries? Would the radio be affected or your computer?
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.
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.
New ham here, just got my call sign- I want one of these but going to see how much interest I really have in radio. Not interested in talking weather and medical problems all night with people. Cool hobby though just trying to find my niche. Might just get a cheap HT initially to see if I really want to go further
Don't know anything myself ☺️
Making contacts vs. Rag Chewing. :) Chasing DX is always fun. Work all states, etc..
Ive been looking at radios lately too. Only really interested in what they can do in grid-down scenarios. Definitely not interested in listening to old men prattle. If you're interested, I have little aviation channel.
After more than 2 years with this radio I'm still not impressed. The touch screen menus are easier than say, an FT100 or an Icom IC706*. However the basic functionality lacks in comparison to those 2 small rigs and comes nowhere close to a TS940. I can hear stations with a metal close hanger on the 940 that the 7300 struggles to pull out on the antenna farm. I've searched for mods to increase sensitivity but haven't found anything besides configuration "mods".
Sir, you are awesome. Thanks for the vid.
How long before Icom replace this model ? I am tempted to buy one but
knowing my luck a day after i buy one they will announce a new model.
Probably not for another 3-4 years