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The Icom IC-7300 HF rig is our reference station rig. Recently firmware version 1.4 became available. This video goes through a step-by-step procedure to update the firmware as well as finding the manual update that describes the new features.
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@larrytaylor7753 3 года назад

I followed your steps and it worked perfectly. One added item, when you get to that last YES, I want to start the upgrade, you must press and hold for about 1 second to start the process. Just tapping will not start. I guess they are worried you might not really mean it. I watched Kevin L’s channel yesterday in an episode in which he installed the firmware upgrade to his ICOM 705. It has the same features as the 7300 upgrade. Happy landings.

@davecasler 3 года назад

You are correct.

@williammyers-ka8gim978 3 года назад

Thank you Dave! I just received my Icom 7300 yesterday andjust completed the 1.04 firmware update following your instructions. All worked well

@jimmymoser7007 3 года назад

Thnx for this video. Made the upgrade process a no-brainer.

@ReedAB8AS 3 года назад

Thanks Dave. I’ll hopefully update my 7300 later today.

@jchintor 3 года назад

Great instructions. Upgrade all done. Thanks Dave. I notice one more slight variation (7:24) to the steps. To get to the "information" page, you need to select "Others". The video led me to think it was the "SD Card" that I needed to select. Just FYI. Unmount in computer terms actually means to flush all the buffers to the output device, in case the SD card. When a computer writes it actually writes to an internal buffer. It later flushes the buffer onto the output device. Writing to an internal buffer is always faster than writing to an external device. If you pull the card before the buffers completely writes the data out, you may only have part of your information on the SD card. The card is then corrupted. When the write completes, it also finalizes the internal file/directory structure.

@davecasler 3 года назад

Thanks for the additional info.

@floridasaltlife 3 года назад

Graphics were a lot of effort and helpful, Thank you so much for all you efforts to our community.

@danielkamm9453 3 года назад

Worked exactly as described. Great instructions. Took me less than 10 minutes from start to finish.

@stewartrv 3 года назад

All in all it was a very simple operation, but you were very thorough with no step missed thanks for that! 73!

@jimlanigan.wa3erq341 3 года назад

Excellent step-by-step instructions. Thanks Dave

@user-mt2qn4yp8w 3 года назад

Thank you Dave. After watching this video I got my 7300 updated. 73 KG7LOI

@w4mkh 3 года назад

THanks Dave. I just updated with no problems. Now to try out the new features. 73 my internet Elmer.

@fyrfytr16 3 года назад

Thanks Dave ! Great video as usual, appreciate the support, the update works!

@PapasDino 3 года назад

Thanks Dave, have shared your video with the folks who have 7300's in our club; Icom updates can be "exciting" the first couple of times! 73 - Dino KLØS

@morgidvmw0mdv 3 года назад

Thanks Dave. Just downloaded and installed the upgrade on my 7300 thanks to your vlog. Much appreciated.73 Dave M. MW0MDV

@NimblyJimbly 2 года назад

Thanks Dave! Really appreciate this video. I was having trouble updating my 7300 and I was missing a key component. The firmware file needs to be in the 7300 folder on the SD card.

@Dennisjp-8318 2 года назад

I had the same problem.

@gregjablunovsky841 3 года назад

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing, Dave.

@skyscratcher8825 3 года назад

Thanks Dave. Hoping this is basically the same for the 705. Bought one last month and finally have some time to update/set it up.

@neilmarsh1904 3 года назад

Thank you David!! What hair I have left will not be torn out after all.

@fredschroyer584 3 года назад

Wow! Beautifully done video, masterful instructions that cover every nuance. The process is intimidating if you are not accustomed to a procedure that has so many steps. (Surely ICOM could automate the firmware update! Think: iPhone.) But until they do, thank you Dave for such a clear, confidence-boosting video. ICOM oughta pay you for making it!

@stridermt2k 3 года назад

I just did mine along with you. Thanks Dave, 73 de N2NLQ! All the best!

@Bernard-John 3 года назад

Hi,good informative video, I did mine yesterday, took me 4 attempts, mostly my fault,but try and try again,,,,,there are some useful new features,,the multi switch, great improvement,,,,thanks from Rotterdam 73..

@carltonfloyd185 3 года назад

You helped me tremendously.....thank you.

@jburchm1 3 года назад

One thing that caught me out is that you have to hold your finger on the second "Yes" button to apply the firmware for a couple seconds. Just tapping it does nothing.

@rogerp5816 3 года назад

Same process with the IC-705.

@jburchm1 3 года назад

@@rogerp5816 yeah my IC-9700 was the same way as well.

@kd9pbq660 3 года назад

Thanks, I was wondering why it took so long, wasn't sure it was working.

@paulb.5946 3 года назад

I noted the same thing; I tapped "YES" (multiple times) which worked on every other screen but nothing happened. I got a little scared that I'd "broken" the radio and would have to ship it to Japan! I re-ran the video and repeated each step to no avail, then I read down and found your comment. All is well....whew!

@dbucciar 3 года назад

Thanks for this comment - It took me 3 tries to figure this out. Doh!

@r.heddins5276 3 года назад

Thanks Dave. Another well done instructional video.

@UncleAl48 3 года назад

At minute 7.00 - 7.30 you indicate that you go to menu item "SD Card" to get to the "Information" menu item. That is incorrect you want to select "Others" at that point. Also as Jonathan Burchmore mentions, and it is in the full manual in the firmware update chapter, you must hold the "yes" icon for a full second to get the update to begin. That one caught me until I reviewed the manual.

@782matt2 3 года назад

Hi Dave..................................Thanks for the Info............................73s

@piquat1 3 года назад

Aaaand even though the forums are full of requests, my FTdx101D STILL hasn't had a firmware update. C'mon Yeasu, Pitter Patter! Let's get at 'er!

@larrytaylor7753 3 года назад

I’ll do it tomorrow. Thanks.

@allyburg7145 3 года назад

The manual is very good by the way

@Davidjb37721 3 года назад

Thanks

@glenmartin2437 3 года назад

Thanks, Dave.

@jimlanigan.wa3erq341 3 года назад

For us dopes that have trouble reading the manual, do you plan on a video going over the new features?

@davecasler 3 года назад

Yes

@joecraft4409 3 года назад

Thank you Mr. Dave. Oh how I hate computers. Updating Firmware is a necessary evil of modern day electronics. I guess I’ll have to bite the bullet and tackle this update. Your tutorial will help. I’m Guessing the radio menu stuff you did first was to prepare the radio and SD card. Then pull the SD card and load the 1.4 update to it. Then put the SD card back in the radio and load 1.4 into it. 👍🏻. 🙏🙏🙏

@skyscratcher8825 3 года назад

That is my understanding also. I have read the formatting SDcard is really not necessary but I am going to do it.

@greglawrencemusic 3 года назад

ICOM: "Do you agree to all of the above?" DAVE: "No I don't!...But I'm going to press YES anyway." ROFLMAO - '73 Dave, you da' man!

@novartec 3 года назад

thanks Dave, good video

@francismcclaughry3794 2 года назад

I wonder if the 101 E works setting behind you. I had one but could not stop it from drifting.

@Shastasays 3 года назад

Hi Dave, Great video. The Icom 9700 also has a new update that came out recently. I bought both radios last year and am in the process of putting up my HF antenna. Still have to wait for the snow to melt. We just got our general tickets two weeks ago. We finally got our ham shack the way we want it. I will be putting in new SD cards so I will have to format them before I begin the update. I will follow your video step by step. Thank you Sir. KD9NGU

@skyscratcher8825 3 года назад

Until the weather clears. Buy or make a Endfed 6m or 10m Antenna! Throw it out a window up into a tree/on a fence. Takes 5 minutes! Have fun.

@davecasler 3 года назад

Congrats on the General tickets!

@johncarbone2647 3 года назад

Excellent and most reassuring ... W2USN

@Gator_Bait_Motorsports 3 года назад

It figures, I just bought my 7300 a couple weeks ago.....LOL. Those warnings are scary! WA9H

@robertl.fallin7062 3 года назад

As if " microstuff" updates aren't a big enough pain... and threat.

@researchcapt 2 года назад

I was getting frustrated when prompted to start the update and it would not start. Don't click on YES. One has to hold the YES button down until the update starts.

@larryjanson4011 2 года назад

as this video is viewed by my on turkey day 2021 there is all ready a ver 1.41 out... were does this insanity stop? i once had a laptop computer and micro-carp, kept down loading (without my consent) and bricked it by loading up all the memory, so i could not even do a de-frag. but the worst part was this computer was less than a year old. now i am to brick my new ic7300 by constantly down loading fixes for problems i do not even know i have? great down load a "up-date". gets bricked and have to dump in more money for shipping (both ways) insurance, (taxes, fees?) maybe even a cost to fix it? on a brand new radio. maybe get it back in a year or two. with "other" damage. btw: i do love your u-tube channel, i watch as much as i can. please keep up the great work.

@rogerp5816 3 года назад

I appears that ICOM has taken features that first showed up in the IC-705 and ported them to the IC-7300.

@jeffbauman 3 года назад

Thanks! Your post was the first I'd heard of this and provided everything I needed to accomplish the firmware upgrade. I subscribed to your channel! 73 WA7JB

@stevewarner8880 3 года назад

Thanks Dave. I will do mine this week. 73 de WA9SWW

@kevinkeppler7220 3 года назад

During the upgrade, Would it be safer to run the 7300 on battery rather than AC? The only nightmare is a power outage.

@davecasler 3 года назад

Just make sure the battery is fully charged.

@frankbirch5874 3 года назад

Dave do all firmware upgrades need to be done in sequence or only the latest..?

@randman32 3 года назад

Yep....you've got to hold the YES button for 2-3 seconds.

@Justin-bd2dg 3 года назад

I'm a Yaesu guy but I'm seriously considering a 7300.

@Homer19521 3 года назад

Get the FTdx-10. Watch some comparisons of the 2.

@markroles7304 3 года назад

Great video! But can you do a follow up one on what exactly changed? You touched upon something to do with FT8. Did you experience any new features to this mode?

@davecasler 3 года назад

If you download the manual as shown toward the end of the video, it shows the new features.

@michanoymark2109 2 года назад

Is there backlighting for the buttons?

@PaulReedy 3 года назад

Quick and easy right? Thanks for this. I just noticed you have an old Hallicrafters S-20R on the shelf. I have one too, a relic for sure, but a cool one.

@davecasler 3 года назад

My first real radio as a child was an S-20R a doting aunt gave me. I was fascinated by what I heard. I lost track of it during my college years when I became a Novice, but decided I wanted another a few years ago. I advertised in the Wanted section of Electric Radio and picked this one up. It doesn't work very well (supposedly it has been restored) but it's a cool conversation piece.

@PaulReedy 3 года назад

@@davecasler btw, just passed my Extra last night. Enjoyed your Extra class videos.

@davecasler 3 года назад

@@PaulReedy Congratulations!

@migsvensurfing6310 3 года назад

Most chinese cheapies has a key combination you press to force an update if it failed. Strange Icom cant find that out. Well done video.

@davecasler 3 года назад

Page 14-4 of the 7300 Full Manual shows the reset page, including a key-press sequence if the screen stops working.

@mikeb2459 3 года назад

Hi Dave thanks for the video. Any compatibility issues now with FLDIGI after the upgrade?

@davecasler 3 года назад

Not that I know of

@francismcclaughry3794 2 года назад

when I got mine the gigga parts man told me not to worry about it . I don't have a computer that would do it.

@dennis204 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing Dave I don't get it.

@jeffbauman 3 года назад

...when I try to update the 7300 reports "Illegal Data"...can't see anything unusual about thisa download or extraction that should cause trouble...

@Gator_Bait_Motorsports 3 года назад

Any chance there is data from something else on the SD card?

@jeffbauman 3 года назад

@@Gator_Bait_Motorsports I fixed it by reformatting the SD card (after saving its contents), adding the dat fil to the "clean" card, smooth firmware upgrade; replaced my "today" settings file onto the card, and loaded them without issue!

@morgidvmw0mdv 3 года назад

Is this compatible over here in the UK? Great Video Dave. 73 Dave M. MW0MDV

@davecasler 3 года назад

Download your update from Icom UK or EU

@morgidvmw0mdv 3 года назад

@@davecasler Thanks Dave.

@1shARyn3 3 года назад

March here is the beginning of the Windy Season (lasting until the beginning of July)[worst flying weather of the year]

@davecasler 3 года назад

March is windy here too. There is a saying around here that the wind lasts until the last of the snow melts on Horsefly (local mountain)

@kevingary7018 3 года назад

:( ... my 7300 is still in the box, waiting for my antenna to go up. I have no settings to save. Can I skip some steps in the firmware upgrade process?

@420bakersarmy 3 года назад

That's depressing, what antenna you going to run.

@kevingary7018 3 года назад

@@420bakersarmy 80-10 End Fed Half Wave Dipole (because it is easy to put up in the air) - just waiting for spring weather to work outside.

@francismcclaughry3794 2 года назад

I guess I waste a radio. I wanted one because of the computer in it. I have a 590 ken wood. and I would love some kine of yaesu I came off a 706 and all this new radio stuff is new to me. and I wonder what kind of card it wuse. is it like the one that I use in my camera.

@submarineradioman5535 3 года назад

Hi Dave! My ‘7300 has firmware version 1.21. It was never updated to ver. 1.3. Can I update to 1.4 without updating to 1.3? Thanks de Howie WA3MCK

@davecasler 3 года назад

Yes, I believe so.

@submarineradioman5535 3 года назад

@@davecasler thank you Dave de Howie WA3MCK

@skyscratcher8825 3 года назад

Yes.

@francismcclaughry3794 2 года назад

see my problem there is not a windows or apple computer in this house. I watched your video

@timbacchus 3 года назад

I guess the SD card does not come with the radio?

@davecasler 3 года назад

No, it doesn't

@francismcclaughry3794 2 года назад

I will have to watch this a couple times. my problem is I don't have a computer that would do it. there is not a window one computer in this house. I just dis like windows.

@420bakersarmy 3 года назад

Who TF are the four downvotes on this video. Are there just four haters out there on the Original Gangster.

@francismcclaughry3794 2 года назад

oh I did, but that is all I will say..

@francismcclaughry3794 2 года назад

I don't do any of this stuff.

@Dennisjp-8318 2 года назад

I found that I need a new computer, this PC doesn't unzip or work right.

@Justin-bd2dg 3 года назад

3:14 Dit Dah, Dit Dah, Dit Dah or .- .- .-?