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BASIC MANUAL

i7300

HF/50 MHz TRANSCEIVER

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Page 1: ...BASIC MANUAL i7300 HF 50 MHz TRANSCEIVER...

Page 2: ...characteristics are also improved about 15dB at 1 kHz frequency separation compared to the IC 7200 A 4 3 inch touch panel color display A built in automatic antenna tuner Multi function control for ea...

Page 3: ...life Do not dispose of these products as unsorted municipal waste Dispose of them according to the laws in your area FCC INFORMATION This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is su...

Page 4: ...manual German Spanish French Italian and other Instructions for basic operations in German Spanish French Italian and other languages This manual may not be included depending on the transceiver versi...

Page 5: ...Display Type SET screen Rotate Push The Full and Basic manuals are described based on the following manner Quotation marks Used to indicate icons setting items and screen titles displayed on the scree...

Page 6: ...Auto Tuning Step function 3 4 D D Directly entering a frequency 3 4 D D Band Edge Beep 3 5 D D Entering a Band Edge 3 6 RF gain and SQL level 3 9 Dial Lock function 3 9 Basic transmission 3 9 Adjusti...

Page 7: ...g an SD card 6 2 Formatting an SD card 6 2 7 ANTENNA TUNER OPERATION 7 1 About the internal antenna tuner 7 1 Internal antenna tuner operation 7 1 D D Manual tuning 7 1 D D PTT Tuner start 7 1 8 SET M...

Page 8: ...ll This could cause an injury or damage the transceiver R WARNING NEVER operate the transceiver during a lightning storm It may result in an electric shock cause a fire or damage the transceiver Alway...

Page 9: ...he RF gain and squelch threshold levels 0 MENU KEY MENU p 1 6 Opens the MENU screen q w e r t y i 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 u o 8 5 9 1 FUNCTION KEY FUNCTION p 1 6 Displays the FUNCTION screen 2 MINI SCOPE KEY M...

Page 10: ...LIT KEY SPLIT p 4 10 Turns the Split function ON or OFF 7 MULTI FUNCTION CONTROL MULTI p 1 6 Displays the Multi function menu for various adjustments or selects a desired item 8 TRANSMIT FREQUENCY CHE...

Page 11: ...Connects to a PC y CI V REMOTE CONTROL JACK REMOTE p 2 2 Connects to a PC or other transceiver for external control uEXTERNAL SPEAKER JACK EXT SP p 2 2 Accepts a 4 8 external speaker iKEY JACK KEY p 2...

Page 12: ...and so on that are displayed on the IC 7300 screen Refer to the pages posted beside each item for details o M1 M8 T1 T8 OVF ICON Displays M1 M8 while External Keypad on the CONNECTORS screen is set to...

Page 13: ...r selections 1 MULTI FUNCTION METER p 3 10 Displays various strengths and levels depending on the function you select 2 RF GAIN ICON p 3 9 Appears when AF RF SQL outer is set to the counterclockwise f...

Page 14: ...edge to turn ON and OFF FUNCTION screen Function name Selected value Lights blue or orange when used SSB SSB D CW RTTY RF POWER RF POWER RF POWER RF POWER MIC GAIN MIC GAIN KEY SPEED TPF COMP CW PITCH...

Page 15: ...9 space 70 VOICE TX RECORD A to Z a to z 0 to 9 space _ 16 SD Card FILE NAME A to Z a to z 0 to 9 space _ 15 Illegal characters D DKeyboard types You can select the Full Keyboard or Tenkey in Keyboard...

Page 16: ...ond You can also open the QUICK MENU by touching this key Opens the QUICK MENU 3 Select Edit Name Rotate Push Opens the MEMORY NAME screen 4 Touch and then touch D 5 Touch again and then touch X 6 Tou...

Page 17: ...erminal to a gas or electric pipe since the connection could cause an explosion or electric shock Front panel connection MIC Microphone connector SM 50 Option SM 30 Option HM 219 Supplied Using an Ext...

Page 18: ...r The AH 2b is connected to the AH 4 AH 4 Option AH 2b Option EXT SP External speaker jack p 12 3 3 5 mm 1 8 in d SP 34 Option Impedance 4 8 Audio level More than 2 5 W at 10 distortion into an 8 load...

Page 19: ...7300 q w When disconnecting firmly push down the locking tab and then pull the connector out of the socket GND Supplied DC power cable Black Red Connecting the antenna tuner The AH 4 automatic antenna...

Page 20: ...r to adjust the volume level Adjusting the volume level 12 o clock position outer Maximum counterclockwise inner About the VFO and Memory modes Using the VFO mode VFO mode You can set the desired freq...

Page 21: ...The frequency and operating mode set in step 3 is memorized in the selected Register 5 By repeating the steps above the Register that a new frequency and operating mode are set in is memorized in 3 Re...

Page 22: ...ou can change the tuning steps for each operating mode 1 Select the desired operating mode p 3 2 Example USB 2 Touch the kHz digit for 1 second The TS SSB screen is displayed The Tuning Step function...

Page 23: ...ntry and return to the previous screen push EXIT Opens the BAND STACKING REGISTER screen 2 Touch F INP BAND STACKING REGISTER screen F INP screen Example 14 025 4 Touch ENT to set the entered frequenc...

Page 24: ...mples 10 kHz 1 0 SPLIT 1 025 MHz 1 0 2 5 SPLIT L After entering the Split function is automatically turned ON 2 Touch the MHz digits Example 14 Opens the BAND STACKING REGISTER screen 3 Touch F INP Op...

Page 25: ...can edit a band edge entered as a default or when entering a new band edge 1 On the FUNCTION set screen select User Band Edge 2 Touch the band edge you want to edit for 1 second Example 5 14 000 000...

Page 26: ...quency Example 75 6 Touch ENT to save the entered upper band edge frequency User Band Edge screen Deleting a Band Edge To enter a new band edge first you must delete a preset band edge 1 On the FUNCTI...

Page 27: ...7 Touch ENT to save the entered upper band edge frequency The entered band edge is saved and returns to the previous screen Resetting all band edges to presets The steps below will reset all the band...

Page 28: ...ial Lock function The Dial Lock function prevents frequency changes caused by accidently moving MAIN DIAL LThis function electronically locks the dial Hold down Adjusting the transmit output power Bef...

Page 29: ...g signal strength level Po Displays the relative RF output power SWR Displays the SWR of the antenna at the frequency ALC Displays the ALC level When the meter movement shows the input signal level ex...

Page 30: ...FCC transmission is illegal on any frequencies other than the five shown in the tables below For the USB and USB data modes The FCC specifies center frequencies on the 5 MHz frequency band However th...

Page 31: ...d down P AMPATT ATT for 1 second to turn ON the Attenuator LPushing P AMPATT turns OFF the Attenuator no icon Displayed when the Attenuator is ON RIT frequency 3 digits RIT function The RIT Receive In...

Page 32: ...D or SLOW to select the desired AGC to adjust the time constant Example MID FUNCTION screen SSB mode 5 Rotate MAIN DIAL to set the time constant L The adjustable time constants are described in the ta...

Page 33: ...s from the DSP unit and does not indicate an equipment malfunction PBT2 PBT1 PBT2 PBT1 PBT2 PBT1 PBT is OFF Cutting lower passband Cutting both higher and lower passbands IF center frequency Interfere...

Page 34: ...mode 7 Repeat steps 2 to 6 to set the passband width for other modes except for the FM and FM D 8 To close the FILTER screen push EXIT TIP When you set the IF filter to FIL2 or FIL3 in the FM mode th...

Page 35: ...on The IP Plus function improves the Intermodulation Distortion IMD quality by exerting the direct sampling system performance This function optimizes the Analog Digital Converter ADC against the dist...

Page 36: ...oise components Desired signal CW Notch Filter The IC 7300 has Auto Notch and Manual Notch functions Auto Notch Used in the SSB AM and FM modes Manual Notch Used in the SSB CW RTTY and AM modes D DAut...

Page 37: ...Adjust the selected item L Adjust to the point where the transceiver does not switch to transmit due to the sound from the speaker or other devices L Touching VOICE DELAY selects SHORT MID LONG or OF...

Page 38: ...function is ON you can directly monitor the operating frequency by holding down XFC Rotate Set TX frequency While holding down XFC Monitor function The Monitor function enables you to monitor your tr...

Page 39: ...to turn it OFF FUNCTION screen USB mode OFF 4 Touch EXIT to close the FUNCTION screen 5 Touch the Multi function meter to display the ALC meter L Touching the Multi function meter sets the meter to Po...

Page 40: ...mode Example 21 29000 MHz in the USB mode 2 Hold down SPLIT for 1 second The Quick Split function is turned ON and the VFO A settings are set to VFO B The VFO B frequncy is displayed in the bottom rig...

Page 41: ...1 Set the operating mode to USB or LSB 2 Push FUNCTION Opens the FUNCTION screen 3 Touch TBW L Touching TBW sets the filter width to WIDE MID or NAR FUNCTION screen SSB mode L The transmit filter wid...

Page 42: ...the Semi Break in mode the transceiver transmits when keying and then automatically returns to receive after a preset time after you stop keying 1 Select the CW mode 2 Push VOX BK IN to display BKIN...

Page 43: ...the CW R to reduce interference CW mode LSB side CW R mode USB side BFO BFO Interference Desired signal Interference Desired signal TIP Reversing the carrier point The carrier point of the CW mode is...

Page 44: ...r style count up trigger and present number Key set menu You can set the memory keyer repeat time dot dash ratio paddle polarity key type and so on D DMonitoring the CW side tone When the transceiver...

Page 45: ...lect the RTTY R mode by touching RTTY on the MODE screen L Touching RTTY toggles between the RTTY mode and the RTTY R mode BFO BFO 170 Hz 2125 Hz 170 Hz 2125 Hz RTTY mode Normal RTTY R mode Space Mark...

Page 46: ...s Stops logging selects the file type or the time stamp LOG VIEW Opens the RTTY DECODE LOG VIEW screen You can check the saved RTTY log files ADJ Opens the THRESHOLD screen You can set the threshold l...

Page 47: ...Some repeaters require a subaudible tone to be accessed Subaudible tones are superimposed on your signal and must be set in advance Do the following steps to set the tone frequency 1 Select the FM mo...

Page 48: ...frequency stays on Center Display frequency moves Key Action 1 2 Selects the Function menus SPAN In the Center mode selects the scope span Selectable spans 2 5 5 0 10 25 50 100 250 and 500 kHz L Touc...

Page 49: ...T D DFixed mode Displays signals within a specified frequency range The selected frequency band activity can easily be observed this mode Three Fixed Edge bands can be set for each amateur frequency b...

Page 50: ...played with another function displays such as the RTTY DECODE screen and the AUDIO SCOPE screen Push M SCOPE to turn the Mini scope screen ON or OFF L Hold down M SCOPE for 1 second to display the SPE...

Page 51: ...The transceiver takes a longer time to recognize a high capacity card The card will get warm if continuously used for a long period of time The card has a certain lifetime so data reading or writing m...

Page 52: ...orized access to any data that remains 1 Insert an SD card into the card slot 2 Open the SD CARD set screen MENU SET SD Card 3 Select Format Rotate Push SD CARD set screen 4 Touch YES to start formatt...

Page 53: ...ner start below D DManual tuning You can manually tune the antenna before transmitting for the first time 1 Hold down TUNER for 1 second to start manual tuning The tuner reduces the SWR to less than 1...

Page 54: ...tion 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 6 Rotate MULTI to select the desired option and th...

Page 55: ...F Default Sets the receive audio high pass filter or low pass filter cut off frequencies in 100 Hz steps L If this item is set the FM RX Bass and FM RX Treble items are automatically set to 0 FM RX Ba...

Page 56: ...nd L If an external equipment s rise time is slower than that of the IC 7300 a reflected wave is produced and it may damage the IC 7300 To prevent this set the appropriate delay time so that no reflec...

Page 57: ...on the supplied microphone while holding down Quick RIT TX Clear Default OFF Selects the operation of CLEAR for the RIT and TX functions NOTCH Switch SSB Default Auto Manual NOTCH Switch AM Default Au...

Page 58: ...efault Auto Selects the CI V data transfer rate L When Auto is selected the baud rate is automatically set according to the data rate of the connected controller CI V Address Default 94h Selects the C...

Page 59: ...lect the terminal which is already selected in the USB SEND or USB Keying CW item Display LCD Backlight Default 50 Sets the LCD backlight brightness Display Type Default A Sets the display type to A o...

Page 60: ...move a card when the transceiver is ON be sure to electrically unmount it Otherwise the data may be corrupted or deleted Others Version Displays the transceiver firmware s version number Touch Screen...

Page 61: ...hannel contents MY Call Memory Keyer RTTY memory User Band Edge REF Adjust Fixed Edges After performing the All reset All reset clears all data and returns all settings to their factory defaults Memor...

Page 62: ...140 F Frequency stability Less than 0 5 ppm 10 C to 60 C 14 F to 140 F Frequency resolution 1 Hz minimum Power consumption Receive Standby 0 9 A Maximum audio 1 25 A Transmit Maximum power 21 0 A Dime...

Page 63: ...elch sensitivity threshold SSB Less than 92 dBm 5 6 V FM Less than 117 dBm 0 3 V HF band P AMP1 ON 50 MHz band P AMP2 ON Selectivity Filter SHARP SSB BW 2 4 kHz More than 2 4 kHz 6 dB Less than 3 4 kH...

Page 64: ...operation Approved Icom optional equipment is designed for optimal performance when used with an Icom transceiver Icom is not responsible for the destruction or damage to an Icom transceiver in the e...

Page 65: ...screws Flat washer Spring washer Bolt Mount the MB 118 mounting bracket to a place where it can be firmly attached L We recommend that you periodically check whether the screws are loose or not especi...

Page 66: ...100 300 mV rms 4 13 SQL S Squelch output Grounded when the squelch opens SQL open SQL closed Less than 0 3 V 5 mA More than 6 0 V 100 A 1 2 3 4 8 7 6 5 9 10 11 12 13 13 pin Rear panel view q brown w r...

Page 67: ...ground u Microphone ground i AF output varies with the AF control D DExternal keypad A circuit is used to output memory content from 4 memories You can output desired memory content such as that from...

Page 68: ...hen connecting a PC to REMOTE REMOTE ct 17 9 15 V DC PC mini plug cable Cable RS 232C type IC 7300 ALC Connects to the ALC output jack of a non Icom linear amplifier RCA Plug Control voltage 4 0 V SEN...

Page 69: ...ting 4 11 Pitch control setting 4 11 Reverse mode 4 13 Side tone monitoring 4 14 D DC power socket 12 3 Decoder threshold level setting 4 16 DELAY 4 7 DEPTH 4 5 Dial Lock function 3 9 Display 8 6 Disp...

Page 70: ...setting 4 17 Reset All 9 1 Partial 9 1 RF gain and SQL level 3 9 RIT Function 4 1 Monitor function 4 1 RTTY DECODE screen functions 4 16 FSK operating 4 15 Reverse mode 4 15 S Saving data onto the SD...

Page 71: ...orward and that radiation vertically downwards is at unity gain sidelobe suppression is equal to main lobe gain This is true of almost every gain antenna today Exposed persons are assumed to be beneat...

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