It shows the S-meter, Power output, ALC, Compression, SWR, Drain Current, Drain Voltage, and PA temperature. This screen showing the various meters will look familiar to users of other Icom rigs. Better still, the audio scope works in real-time for both TX and RX audio! In addition to a band scope, there's also an audio scope.
This picture shows it zoomed all the way in: Of course, like any good spectrum scope application, you can adjust the bandwidth to suit your needs. If you would rather display a smaller scope with larger meters or other information, choose the shorter spectrum scope: The previous screen was the expanded, larger scope screen activated using the EXPD button. There are a few different ways to view the spectrum scope. In this picture, you see a close-up of the spectrum scope screen showing the entire 20 meter band: This architecture allows for a very wide bandwidth display on the scope the IC-7300 allows for up to 1 Mhz bandwidth. The direct sampling architecture makes it possible to use a real-time spectrum scope, which Icom has incorporated directly into the LCD touchscreen. In this first part of the review, I'm going to briefly showcase some of the many features in the 7300 and then go into further detail in subsequent posts. However, this rig also features a touch screen which is used for many adjustments, making this one of the most modernly designed user interfaces in an HF rig we've seen to date. The architecture used in the Icom IC-7300 allows for a variety of features to be incorporated into the rig at a reasonably affordable price point - currently $1500.Ĭurrent Icom HF users will find the layout of the buttons and knobs familiar, short-circuiting the learning curve for the new rig. The closest other rigs to compare this to are Flex rigs and the Elecraft KX3 (although the KX3 is a zero IF Direct Conversion SDR, which is a little different). The new Icom IC-7300 direct sampling SDR rig has arrived at my shack! This new rig is a radical departure from the traditional Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu superhet design and instead uses direct sampling low-IF design.
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