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I love the curved meters on the 7610 and it would have be nice to have this option on the 7300. The 7610 looks impressive but I don’t need two receivers, The 7300 is my first and only HF rig.
I remember hearing the TV screen when I was a kid with fresh ears, my slightly younger relatives said the same thing. Are there any modern technologies for public use that make high frequency noises that kids and humans with good ears can pick up?
This is unfair! To have two Yaesu radios on top of the two Icom radios! Most of the people will say, the Icom radios are the better radios, ... ! Even if it is not true, ... ! (Hi Hi ! ! !) I have a FT-817 (made in 2001, now 'out of order', a retired radio now) and a fairly new FT-818ND, now replacing the 'retired' one, ... ! Tnx fr the test, es gs dx de ... Markus - db9pz (Loc: JN39fq - 3miles/5km east of LX)
The 781 was made for icom radios , This is what I was told from the main man Bob Heil , So it would work better on any icom radio . The pr40 works better on other radios like the kenwood & FT 9000mp & others .
Hello Jared, first off I really appreciate your informative videos! On the 7300 monitor function, as we know doesn't give the true representation of the TX audio, while compression levels are set per the manual, even sometimes lower (5-7db on COMP meter), the monitor audio sounds tight and distorted...is this also inaccurate as far as hearing the raspy sound and distortion with only 5-10 db of compression? I haven't had a chance to listen to a web sdr as of yet. Thanks!
I sure will be, want to do some live casts... need to figure out this FT-891... wonderful radio but I've been an Icom guy a while! Definitely going to do a review on it!
Looking forward to learning a load about life in XU7, cheers Brenton vk3cm and Samantha vk3hwk Tangambalanga North East Victoria Australia 🥰🥰🥰🥰🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Hi Jarrad, do you know of a way you can use data modes for the 7610 on the remote computer using RS-BA1 with the 7610 connected via just the Network connection? have you done this? Thanks Regards Nigel ZL2SEA
Indeed it is, having a blast playing in a rare country and have been working on my health/fitness while I waited for the papers. Best I've been in years :). All the best to you and yours, 73.
Hi Nice video!!! What shld my millisecond delay be set for on my Icom 7300, using the Heathkit, sb1000 tube amp? Im guessing(by ur video, 25 ms??) Thanks Billy
@@RateMyRadio Question Is there a way to set the fwd power meter so I can view actual power(esp with my amp connected)while transmitting?? The only way that I have been able to accomplish this is to switch my Icom 7300 to either fm or rtty. I can then see 450 watts out. But if on ssb, the mfj shows fwd= 24.0 Thanku William
Old video but good to see a bit of real engineering - thank you. It is often quoted that the using this filter with an 817 gives the equivalent of a 2-3dB improvement on Tx. Did your numbers back this up ? Can an electret microphone be used with the Collins filter without distortion? How much improvement in Tx signal do you get when combining this filter with a speech compressor....or does the benefit of the collins filter equate to that of a compressor ?
Modern hams don't realize how GREAT we have it in terms of the performance of modern equipment; complaing about 30 Hz. drift on 144 MHz., or 300 Hz. on 1.2 GHz?! The first radio I ever got on the air with as a newly licensed Technician back in 1969 was a PolyComm 6 at the high school radio club where I got my license; the first radio I bought brand new was a Lafayette HA-460. Both radios were vacuum tube 6 meter AM transceivers which when operated on their internal VFO's (vs. crystal control) routinely drifted 50 KHz. (or more!). When the dial graduation marks were only EVERY 50 KHZ., that drift amount didn't seem all that bad. Of course, AM tuning is nowhere as critical as SSB, but older SSB transceivers drifted as well. If your THAT concerned about the IC-9700's stability, install the Leo Bodner GPS lock board (I plan to do mine in the near future); mainly considering for best frequenct accuracy in planning to try EME in the neard future. But even as it is? I LOVE my IC-9700! 😁
The MFJ-1708SDR is not supposed to be a power splitter, it's a switch that disconnects the SDR and sorts its antenna input to ground and works fine but Chinese tx rx switch you can buy online now are much better i have been using the Chinese one for over a year with no problems at all.
Looks very nice... I have IC 7300 and looks for me - they keep almost the same operation methodes at IC R8600. It's true it's very easy to operate - like smartphone. Ive never used User Manual for IC7300 even I own it 4 years. The only one big problem for me in terms of IC8600 is... Price 😢
