Icom IC7300 A to Z #33 CW Functions 

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Thanks for the kind words Bruce. I’m glad you’re enjoying the 7300.

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Hi Bruce. Thanks for the kind words and thanks for making the extra effort to get on RU-vid to make the comments. On your question, it depends on which external antenna tuner. There are tuners from Icom, MFJ, LDG and probably others that are made specifically to interface with Icom radios. If you use one of those and plug into the tuner connector on the back, the rig will automatically disable the internal tuner and use the external one. The Tune button continues to work automatically, etc. If you are using an automatic tuner that is not designed for Icom rigs, then yes, you should disable the internal tuner.

@@HamRadioA2ZThank you. I have five different antennas with two different auto tuners. One the LDG and the other MFJ for the dipoles. The beam is good by itself. The antennas are close to resonant except at the band edges. I bought a new Ameritron 1306 amp and it was said it needs a 1.5 or better SWR to operate so I use the tuners. The Ameritron blew up the very first time I used it and sounded like a 22 went off. Ameritron thought it was a power transistor that let go. I always heard MFJ and Ameritron quality control was suspicious and I think my experience reinforces that. I bought the unit at HRO in New Castle, DE and they took it back and got a Palstar which I’m very happy with and a little more tolerant of SWR up to 2 so rethinking the need for the auto tuners. Pushed the budget but in the long haul you get what you pay for. By the way the audio report using the Palstar LA-1K are all excellent. I don’t ask for an audio report and contact comments on the quality of the audio. Also, the Manager at HRO said the MFJ has a warehouse full of returns with no one to fix them. They were also out of stock on the 1306 amp for a replacement. I run the Icom 7300 at 40 watts for full output from the amp using a Heil HM-12 microphone. Keep up the good work and I think your videos are much better than most and very informative. Looking forward to more of them. 73, Bruce K3BBB

Hi Dick. Somebody else mentioned Autotune as well. I do show it in another clip, but it didn’t make it into this video. I will be talking about it in the next episode. Thanks. 73, Tom

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Hi Dave. One way would be to use Split-- Just put your net frequency on SSB in VFO-A. Then put the same frequency into VFO-B and set the mode to CW. Then while listening on VFO-A, press the split button. When you key the rig, you'll be on the same frequency in CW.

@@HamRadioA2Z Thanks you for that idea ,thanks for all the videos that you have done for us. After watching you, when I read that section it is easier to understand Awesome, Cheers

I’ve owned an FT897 and a couple of 857’s. They were great radios, but I don’t have any experience with the recent Yaesu radios. Sorry.

Hi. Keying the mic will put the radio in transmit mode, but it will not actually transmit a carrier. In the settings menu, you can set the internal keyer up so you can use the UP and DOWN buttons on the mic to send dots and dashes. Then the radio will transmit. You can put the radio in RTTY mode. Then keying the mic will generate a carrier.

@@HamRadioA2Z not what I meant

Hi John. Thanks. I didn’t forget about it. I have it in another video clip, but band conditions weren’t great when I was filming that segment and it’s not a great example. I will have it covered in the next video that comes out.

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Hi Alan. You can absolutely do that. Most automatic tuners have memories that will remember the settings for a particular frequency. If you switch to a different antenna, the tuner will just recognize that the remembered settings aren’t working and it will start retuning. There are some models that have multiple memory banks specifically for different antennas. You would need check the instructions for your particular tuner on how to do that. Finally, there are some models of automatic antenna tuners that have a built in antenna switch. So you can get both functions in one box. The MFJ-929 is one example. Have fun! 73, Tom. WA2IVD

@@HamRadioA2Z ty for info tom :) i will prob be back

Hi. If you hold the Vox/Bkin button when in full breakin, the same menu with the delay comes up. Of course, it has no meaning in full breakin mode. There are no additional settings for full breakin. 73, Tom

I suppose I could have been more creative, but I had to send something. :-)

@@HamRadioA2Z It has nothing to do with being creative, but did you have to send your entire call?

I'm adding an update in case anyone else has had the same problem. All fixed once I installed the update to 1.40. You can learn how to do that from Tom as well. :)

Hi Dave. Thanks for posting the update. I didn’t know there was a bug with this in the earlier version.

@@HamRadioA2Z You're welcome Tom. Perhaps it was just my radio? Maybe some others might have had a similar experience.