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ABOUT THE TOUCH SCREEN D Touch operation D Touch screen precautions In the Full manual or Basic manual, the touch • The touch screen may not properly work when the operation is described as shown below. LCD protection film or sheet is attached. •...
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONS The Full and Basic manuals are described based on Detailed instruction the following manner. 1. Push MENU “ ” (Quotation marks): Used to indicate icons, setting items, and screen* titles displayed on the screen. [ ] (brackets): Used to indicate keys.
TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT ............... i D Entering a Band Edge ........ 3-6 FEATURES ..............i RF gain and SQL level ........3-9 EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ..........i Dial Lock function ..........3-9 SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ........i Basic transmission ........... 3-9 FCC INFORMATION ..........ii Adjusting the transmit output power ....
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 11 OPTIONS ............11-1 RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING (Continued) Operating RTTY (FSK) ........4-15 Options ............11-1 D About the RTTY reverse mode ....4-15 Mounting the MB-118 ........11-2 D Twin Peak Filter ........4-15 12 CONNECTOR INFORMATION ...... 12-1 D Functions on the RTTY DECODE screen ...
R WARNING! NEVER let metal, wire or other objects could damage the linear amplifier. contact the inside of the transceiver, or make incorrect CAUTION: Use only Icom supplied or optional contact with connectors on the rear panel. This could cause microphones. Other manufacturer’s microphones may have an electric shock or damage the transceiver.
PANEL DESCRIPTION Front panel This section describes the keys, controls and dials that you use to operate the IC-7300. Refer to the pages posted beside each key, control, or dial for details. q POWER KEY (p. 3-1) !1 FUNCTION KEY (p.
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PANEL DESCRIPTION Front panel (Continued) @0 MEMO PAD KEY @8 TRANSMIT FREQUENCY CHECK KEY MPAD Sequentially calls up the contents in the Memo (p. 4-8) Pads, or saves the displayed contents into the Enables you to monitor the transmit frequency while Memo Pad.
ANTENNA CONNECTOR [ANT] (p. 2-2) C onnects to a 50 Ω PL-259 coax connector. !0 ALC INPUT JACK [ALC] (p. 2-2) Connects to the ALC output jack of a non-Icom r SOCKET [ACC] (p. 2-2) linear amplifier. Connects to devices to control an external unit or to !1 TUNER CONTROL SOCKET [TUNER] (p.
PANEL DESCRIPTION Touch panel display This section describes the icons, screens, dialogs, readouts and so on that are displayed on the IC-7300 screen. Refer to the pages posted beside each item for details. q TUNE ICON (p. 7-1) o M1~M8/T1~T8/OVF ICON Appears while tuning the antenna.
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PANEL DESCRIPTION Touch panel (Continued) !6 RIT ICON (p. 4-1) @3 BK-IN/F-BKIN/VOX INDICATOR (p. 4-12) Appears while the RIT function is ON. Appears while the Semi Break-in, Full Break-in or VOX function is ON. TX ICON (p. 4-8) Appears while the TX function is ON. @4 FREQUENCY READOUT (p.
PANEL DESCRIPTION Touch panel (Continued) D Multi-function menus D FUNCTION screen Function Rotate name Selected value Push Touch the edge to Lights blue turn ON and OFF or orange when used FUNCTION screen Multi-function menu z Open the Multi-function menu by pushing z Open the FUNCTION screen by pushing MULTI FUNCTION...
PANEL DESCRIPTION Keyboard entering and editing D Entering and editing characters You can enter and edit the items in the following table. Total Category Screen Selectable characters Information characters A to Z, 0 to 9, (space), / @ - . MENU MY CALL A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, (space), @ % & # + MEMORY MEMORY NAME - = [ ] / ( ) : ; ˄ ! ? . , A to Z, 0 to 9, (space), / ? ^ . , @ “*” (asterisk) has its unique use. KEYER MEMORY A to Z, 0 to 9, (space), ! $ & ? " ' - / . , : ;...
PANEL DESCRIPTION Keypad entering and editing (Continued) D Entering and editing example Entering “DX spot 1” in the Memory channel 2 1. Open the MEMORY screen. 9. Touch [ab]. » MEMORY MENU 2. Touch the memory channel 2 for 1 second. You can also open the QUICK MENU...
INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS Selecting a location Heat dissipation Select a location for the transceiver that allows • DO NOT place the transceiver against walls or put adequate air circulation, free from extreme heat, cold anything on top of the transceiver. This may block or vibrations, and other electromagnetic sources.
• Remote control operation using the optional tuner). RS-BA1. The AH-2b is connected to ( Icom does not guarantee the performance of the the AH-4. PC, network device or network settings) [ACC] (accessory) socket (p. 12-1) Connects control lines for external devices such as a TNC or a PC.
The AH-4 matches the L See the AH-4 instruction manual for installation and automatic antenna tuner IC-7300 to the optional AH-2b or a long wire antenna connection details. more than 7 m/23 ft long (between 3.5 MHz and 50 MHz).
Therefore, when you turn ON the transceiver again, the it restarts with the same settings. The IC-7300 has 2 Variable Frequency Oscillators (VFO), “A” and “B.” Having 2 VFOs is convenient to quickly select 2 frequencies, or for split frequency Turning power ON or OFF operation (p.
BASIC OPERATION Selecting the operating band Selecting the operating mode Do the following steps to change the operating band. You can select between the SSB, SSB data, CW, CW Also, the band stacking register provides 3 memories reverse, RTTY, RTTY reverse, AM, AM data, FM and for each band key to store frequencies and operating FM data modes.
BASIC OPERATION Setting the frequency D Using the Main Dial D Changing the Tuning Step 1. Select the desired operating band. When the Tuning Step function is ON, you can change (Example: 21 MHz) the tuning steps for each operating mode. 1.
BASIC OPERATION Setting the frequency (Continued) D About the 1/4 Tuning function D Directly entering a frequency Mode: SSB-D/CW/RTTY Entering the operating frequency With the Tuning Function OFF, turn ON the 1⁄4 Tuning 1. Touch the MHz digits. function to reduce the tuning speed to 1⁄4 of the (Example: 14) normal speed, for finer tuning.
BASIC OPERATION Setting the frequency (Continued) Entering the Split Frequency Offset Entering a Memory channel 1. Touch the MHz digits. 1. Touch to select the Memory mode. (Example: 14) VFO mode Memory mode (Example: VFO A) (Example: Memory channel 1) •...
BASIC OPERATION Setting the frequency (Continued) D Entering a Band Edge 3. Edit the lower band edge frequency. (Example: 14.1) When “ON (User)” or “ON (User) & TX Limit” is selected on the “Band Edge Beep” screen, you can enter a total of 30 band edge frequencies. L Initially, all band edges are entered.
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BASIC OPERATION Setting the frequency D Entering a Band Edge (Continued) Deleting a Band Edge Entering a new Band Edge To enter a new band edge, first you must delete a After you delete or edit the preset band edges, you preset band edge.
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BASIC OPERATION Setting the frequency D Entering a Band Edge (Continued) Inserting a Band Edge 7. Touch [ENT] to save the entered upper band edge After you delete or edit the preset band edges, follow frequency. the steps below to insert a band edge. •...
BASIC OPERATION RF gain and SQL level Basic transmission Rotate (outer) to adjust the RF gain and 1. Push or [PTT] to transmit. TRANSMIT RF/SQL SQL level. • The TX/RX indicator lights red and is displayed while transmitting. By default, rotating to left (when set to the 12 o’clock 2.
BASIC OPERATION Meter display Adjusting the microphone gain D Meter display selection Adjust the microphone gain as described below. 1. Set the operating mode to between SSB, AM and You can display one of the 6 different transmit FM. (p. 3-2) parameters (Po, SWR, ALC, COMP, VD and ID) for 2.
BASIC OPERATION About the 5 MHz frequency band operation (USA version only) For the USB and USB data modes: Operation on the 5 MHz frequency band is allowed on 5 discrete frequencies and you must adhere to the The FCC specifies center frequencies on the 5 MHz following: frequency band.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING Preamplifiers RIT function The preamps amplify received signals in the receiver The RIT (Receive Increment Tuning) function front end to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and compensates for differences in frequencies of other sensitivity. A preamp is used when receiving weak stations.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING AGC function control D SettingtheAGCtimeconstant The AGC (Automatic Gain Control) controls receiver gain to produce a constant audio output level, even You can set the preset AGC time constant to the when the received signal strength varies greatly. desired value.
UsingtheTwinPBT SSB, CW, RTTY and AM modes Ingeneral,theTwinPBT(PassbandTuning) electronically narrows the IF passband width by shifting the IF frequency to slightly outside of the IF filterpassband,torejectinterference.TheIC-7300 usesDSPforthePBTfunction. You can narrow the IF passband width by rotating both inner(PBT1)andouter(PBT2)to TWIN PBT the opposite direction from each other.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING NoiseBlanker SelectingtheIFfiltershape(Continued) • SHARP The Noise blanker eliminates pulse-type noise such This selection is to emphasize the passband width of as the noise from car ignitions. thefilter.Thefilterhasanalmostidealshapefactor. The Noise blanker cannot be used in the FM mode. Signalsoftheoutofpassbandareextremelyfiltered out and it gives you better audio quality.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING NoiseReduction Notch Filter The Noise Reduction function reduces random noise The IC-7300 has Auto Notch and Manual Notch components and enhances desired signals that are functions. buried in noise. The Noise Reduction function uses AutoNotch: U sedintheSSB,AMandFMmodes.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING VOX function The VOX (Voice-Operated Transmission) function switches between transmit and receive with your voice. This function enables a hands-free operation. AdjustingtheVOXfunction VOX GAIN (Default: 50%) BeforeusingtheVOXfunction,adjustthefollowing items. Adjust the transmit/receive switching threshold level • VOX GAIN to between 0% and 100% for VOX operation.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING Monitor function ∂TX function The ∂TX function shifts the transmit frequency up to The Monitor function enables you to monitor your ±9.99 kHz without shifting the receive frequency. transmit audio. Use this function to check the voice characteristics while adjusting transmit audio 1.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING SettingtheSpeechCompressor SSB mode The Speech Compressor increases the average RF output power, improving readability at the receiving station. This function compresses the transmitter audio input to increase the average audio output level. L The function is effective for long-distance communication, or when propagation conditions are poor.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING Split frequency operation Split frequency operation enables you to transmit There are 2 ways to use the Split frequency operation. and receive on different frequencies in the same or • Use the Quick Split function different bands. •...
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING SplitLockfunction Operating CW D Setting the CW pitch control The Split Lock function is convenient for changing only the transmit frequency but not changing the You can set the received CW audio pitch and the CW receive frequency. side tone to suit your preference without changing the operating frequency.
You can set the key speed of the internal electric UsetheBreak-infunctionintheCWmodeto keyer. automatically switch between transmit and receive whenkeying.TheIC-7300iscapableofSemiBreak-in 1. Select the CW mode. and Full break-in modes. 2. Display the Multi-function menu. TIP: The key type is set to “Paddle” by default. You can select the keyer type on the CW-KEY SET screen.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING Operating CW D AbouttheBreak-infunction(Continued) D AbouttheCWReversemode The CW-R (CW Reverse) mode reverses the receive FullBreak-inoperation BeatFrequencyOscillator(BFO)toreceiveCW IntheFullBreak-inmode,thetransceiver signals. automatically transmits while keying down, and then Use when interfering signals are near the desired immediately returns to receive after keying up. signal and you want to use the CW-R to reduce interference.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING Operating CW (Continued) D Electronic Keyer function You can set the Memory Keyer function settings, paddle polarity settings, and so on of the Electronic Keyer. Keyermemoryeditmenu 1. Open the KEYER screen in the CW mode. You can edit the Keyer memories. »...
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING OperatingRTTY(FSK) D AbouttheRTTYreversemode With the built-in RTTY decoder and the contents set in the RTTY TX memory, you can operate the basic If you are receiving an RTTY signal but cannot decode RTTY operation without using an external device. correctly, try in the RTTY-R (reverse) mode.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING Operating RTTY (FSK) (Continued) D FunctionsontheRTTYDECODEscreen D Settingthedecoderthresholdlevel Open the RTTY DECODE screen in the RTTY mode. Adjusting the RTTY decoder threshold level prevents characters been decoded by noise, even though you » DECODE MENU have not received an RTTY signal. 1.
RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING FM repeater operation D Setting the repeater tone frequency A repeater receives your radio’s signals and simultaneously retransmits them on a different Some repeaters require a subaudible tone to be frequency to provide a greater communication range. accessed.
» SCOPE MENU The IC-7300 has two spectrum scope modes. One is the Center mode, and another one is the Fixed mode. You can also turn the Waterfall display ON or OFF. In addition, you can select a Mini scope screen to save screen space.
SCOPE OPERATION Spectrum scope screen (Continue) D Center mode D Fixed mode Displays signals around the operating frequency Displays signals within a specified frequency range. within the selected span. The operating frequency is The selected frequency band activity can easily be always displayed in the center of the screen.
SCOPE OPERATION Audio scope screen Spectrum scope screen (Continue) D Touch screen operation This audio scope enables you to display the received When you touch the FFT scope zone or the waterfall signal’s frequency component on the FFT scope, and zone in the SPECTRUM SCOPE screen, the area its waveform components on the Oscilloscope.
In that case, use a new one. We recommend you make a separate backup file of the important data onto your PC. (p. 8-7) • Icom will not be responsible for any damage caused by data corruption of a card. Card orientation...
USING AN SD CARD Unmounting an SD card Formatting an SD card Before using an SD card with the transceiver, be sure Before you remove a card when the transceiver is ON, to format all SD cards with the built-in Format function. be sure to electrically unmount it, as shown below.
ANTENNA TUNER OPERATION About the internal antenna tuner Internal antenna tuner operation 1. Push to turn ON the internal antenna The internal automatic antenna tuner automatically TUNER tuner. matches the transceiver to the antenna within the • “TUNE” is displayed when the tuner is ON. range of 16.7 ~ 150 Ω...
SET MODE Set mode description You can use the Set mode to set infrequently changed values or function settings. TIP: The Set mode is constructed in a tree structure. You may go to the next tree level, or go back a level, depending on the selected item.
SET MODE Tone Control SSB RX HPF/LPF (Default: – – – – – – – – –) SSB TX Bmss (Default: 0) Sets the receive audio high-pass filter and low-pass filter cut-off frequencies in 100 Hz steps. SSB TX Treble (Default: 0) L If this item is set, the “SSB RX Bass”...
L If an external equipment’s rise time is slower than Selects the speech language. that of the IC-7300, a reflected wave is produced and it may damage the IC-7300. To prevent this, set SPEECH Speed (Default: Fast) the appropriate delay time so that no reflected wave Selects the speech speed.
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SET MODE Function (Continued) S-Level SPEECH (Default: ON) Screen Cmpture [POWER] SW (Default: OFF) Turns the S-meter level announcement ON or OFF. Assigns the Screen Capture function to POWER MODE SPEECH (Default: OFF) Screen Cmpture File Type (Default: PNG) Turns the operating mode announcement ON or OFF. Selects the file format for the Screen Capture function.
CI-V USB Bmud Rmte (Default: Auto) when the data mode is OFF. Selects the CI-V data transfer rate when remotely controlling the IC-7300 through the [USB] CI-V port. DATA MOD (Default: ACC) L When “Auto” is selected, the baud rate is...
Displmy Font (Default: Basic) Selects the control port to be used for communication Selects the font for the frequency readout. between the IC-7300 and PC, according to the operating condition. Meter Pemk Hold (Default: ON) L You cannot select the terminal which is already Turns the Meter peak hold function ON or OFF.
SET MODE Time Set Others Dmte Version (Default: 2000/01/01) Sets the date (Year/Month/Day). Displays the transceiver firmware’s version number. (The day of the week is automatically set.) Touch Screen Cmlibrmtion Time (Default: 0:00) Touch to adjust the touch screen. Sets the current time. LSee section 14 of the Full Manual for details.
MAINTENANCE Resetting D Partial reset Occasionally, erroneous information may be displayed. This may be caused by static electricity or 1. Open the RESET screen. by other factors. » SET > Others > Reset MENU If this problem occurs, turn OFF the transceiver. After 2.
A 10 m (32.8 ft) shielded control cable for the AH-4. transceiver. Icom is not responsible for the destruction • OPC-599 or damage to an Icom transceiver in the event the adapter cable 13-pin ACC connector adaptor to 7-pin + 8-pin ACC Icom transceiver is used with equipment that is not connectors.
OPTIONS Mounting the MB-118 Mount the MB-118 to a place mounting bracket NOTE: where it can be firmly attached. • Before mounting the MB-118, carefully read L We recommend that you periodically check PRECAUTIONS (p. vii) and decide the mounting place. whether the screws are loose or not, especially •...
You can change the input level in the “ACC MOD Level” item on the CONNECTORS set screen. (p. 8-5) (Example) ACC socket 100 mV rms is at the 50% (default) setting. To a non-Icom You can change the output level in the “ACC/USB AF linear amplifier e SEND Output Level”...
CONNECTORS set screen. (p. 8-5) PINy Front panel » SET > Connectors > External Keypad MENU view External keypad • VOICE: ON • KEYER: ON • RTTY: L The External keypad is not supplied by Icom. (User supplied) 12-2...
Connects to a CW straight key or a paddle: Connects to the ALC output jack of a non- 6.35 mm (¼ in) (d) Icom linear amplifier. (RCA Plug) • Control voltage: –4 ~ 0 V When connecting a CW straight key.
INDEX Numbers and symbols 1 Hz step Fine Tuning function ..........3-3 Editing Characters ................. 1-7 1/4 Tuning function ..............3-4 5 MHz frequency band operation ..........3-11 Example ................1-8 ∂TX function ................4-8 Keyboard ................1-7 Electronic Keyer function ............4-14 ∂TX monitor function ............
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INDEX Main dial, using............... 3-3 Saving data onto the SD card..........6-1 Scope operation ..............5-1 Maintenance ................9-1 Manual Notch function ............4-6 SD card................... 6-1 Manual tuning ................. 7-1 Formatting................6-2 Saving data ................ 6-1 Marker ..................5-2 Inserting ................
ABOUT CE INSTALLATION NOTES For amateur base station installations it is recommended In all cases any possible risk depends on the transmitter that the forward clearance in front of the antenna array is being activated for long periods. (actual recommendation calculated relative to the EIRP (Effective Isotropic Radiated limits are specified as an average during 6 minutes) Power).
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