Icom IC7300 A to Z #33 CW Functions

[@bubbajeph]

Thank you so much. When I read the manual alone, I'm still in a fog about what they mean. I have been out of the hobby for several years. Everything is new again. Your videos are priceless for anyone owning the IC 7300.

[@thork0tjt515]

This is THE best KZbin series on the IC7300 that there is!! Thank you Tom! It is much appreciated! 73

[@HamRadioA2Z]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@bruceburgess3580]

You’re videos have helped to understand all the features the 7300 has to offer and now it’s no longer intimidating but very intuitive to operate. Thank you for all your effort and time

[@HamRadioA2Z]

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

[@thadpigman]

THANKS SO MUCH TOM !!! I have had my 7300 for about 2 years now. Recently I have decided to (re)learn Morse Code. This time I went for the Farnsworth Method and find that approach to be a wise choice for me. So............ Now to start using CW with the 7300.... I am finding that since I am new to CW I am finding that my usual approach to the 7300 is to just touch and go. Um .. with CW ops not so much for me. I configured a straight key to work fine with the rig but now need to learn about the best settings. I started with this video and as is usual with your videos, your information immediately answered some of my initial questions about actually getting the thing to transmit when I held down the key! I will continue on with your CW videos and already know it will be time well spent. Thanks again Tom ... you are a Super Elmer!

[@LaserGuy1]

Just got my 7300 yesterday. I've been off the air for about 34 years, so I'm just getting my 14AVQ and a 80 meter dipole up. These videos have been a godsend. Equipment is certainly a lot different than they were 34 years ago :=0 De Bill VE3HHW

[@HamRadioA2Z]

Hi Bill. Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad the videos are helpful. Enjoy that new rig.

[@QuigleysBees]

Tom, Thanks for spending the time to make this video series. I just got my 7300 a few days ago and have my laptop tuned to your channel as a reference. What a great collection of helpful information you've created here! All I had to do is search " IC 7300 CW" and in the first few minutes of the video you showed me how to set the words per minute. Icom should send you a check! Thanks so much.

[@varietydealsonline7192]

Thank you Tom, I am just learning cw. I have an icom 9700 and will get my icom 7300 in a few days. It s great that you have made these videos as the manuals tell you what the buttons are called but not the function. 73, Stuart

[@jps99]

Thanks for this great video. Short and sweet, well produced with great audio and video.

[@StephenBromley-vi9su]

Thank you, newly licensed and I bought the 7300 and am very interested in CW. Now I must watch all of your videos, Amazing KL- 5 TL Fairbanks AK

[@muskateer10]

When I was active. The required speed for General glass was 13WPM, I do not recall it ever being 15WPM. AC0BT

[@DavidClempson]

Thanks Tom excellent series, sorted out my CW problem. Now for 'FT8

[@HamRadioA2Z]

Thanks! Great to hear!

[@alistercarmichael4990]

That's a great help. I have decided to give Morse a go and wondered how it was keyed on the radios and the transmit modes. Given there are almost more options for CW than voice modes it was confusing as to their use. I have a yaesu and a Kenwood here which do not have the same structure, however your video is more than clear enough to translate for another rig. Thanks for your efforts.

[@cd-gk5ic]

Thank you for these instructional videos. I find them very useful!

[@jkdurden]

Thank you for making this video. I’m considering purchasing a 7300 and I think you just sold it. :-)

[@MrMHancock]

Great video Tom. Always enjoy these, always learn something new.. Keep it up.

[@donhody1127]

Tom, thank you. Another great video. So much to learn from your videos.

[@K3BBB]

Tom, Thank you for putting these together. They are great and very helpful. Many people learn by different methods and I think the video is one of the better ways. I like the length, content and style. You don't try to make them cutesy or funny, just informative which I prefer. I think you get compensated by the number of view and likes. I have watched 95 percent of them through the app on comcast Xfinity which doesn’t give you the opportunity to make comments, like or subscribe. I like to watch them on a bigger TV. I feel you are getting cheated and not getting the full credit they ought to have. I have had the 7300 for little over a year. Keep up the good work and suggestion for a video (which I have the scenario) is using the external antenna tuner and necessary settings and is it advisable to not use the 7300 tuner at all when using an external tuner. 73 Bruce, K3BBB

[@HamRadioA2Z]

Hi Bruce. Thanks for the kind words and thanks for making the extra effort to get on KZbin 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.

[@K3BBB]

@@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

[@nickaxe771]

Than-you Sir....I learnt something else about my 7300 today.

[@cgispdx]

Thanks for all of the videos! I just bought an Icom 7300 and am waiting for it to arrive.

[@HamRadioA2Z]

Glad you're enjoying them. Congratulations!

[@jimewing5097]

These videos are awesome. Thank you Tom!

[@HamRadioA2Z]

Glad you like them!

[@STREETTV26]

Tnx Tom , Great video 73 de 7x2GK

[@swflKVNC]

Thanks Tom, Almost every VID I have a moment...." I didn't know that!"

[@DrBruceWilson]

I'm shopping for a new rig after my TenTec Jupiter died and am rirn betwern the 7300 and the ftdx10. I am also trying to relearn CW. Im i correct that only the Yeasu offers CW decode on screen? I prefer the Icom approach to user interface but this could tip my decision. Thanks for the brillisnt 7300 series. Bruce W2TTV

[@HamRadioA2Z]

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.

[@kln8128]

Thank you so much for these videos...really great.

[@np4charlie]

Just thank you 73

[@richardwhalen1859]

Tom, Another great video. Thank you so much for these. Just one quick question: when you were first tuning up on the CW signal (about 1.52 on the video) and got close to it why did you not use autotune? Thanks again for all you do for the ICOM 7300 community. Best, Dick, WC9D

[@HamRadioA2Z]

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

[@johnpawlicki1184]

Hello. You missed the Auto Tune button on the front. I use that quite a bit. Thanks. 73

[@HamRadioA2Z]

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.

[@B17MIKE]

Hi Tom, I love the videos! So as long as I don't use break in or transmit I can use the two as a practice oscillator?. Thanks!

[@ki7nzw589]

Thanks for making this video. Just got my Extra ticket last May...figure I should know some CW. Finally got an Iambic paddle, this video was helpful in setting it up. 73! KI7NZW

[@wolfwizard406]

I am curious to your mention of the built iniambic cw keyer, Not sure what and where to dind it in the radio, please illuminate me on this..

[@MrRadiorobot]

Is the 7300 any good for cw operation? Some cw operators have slammed its performance in this mode..I welcome opinions.

[@gradus8373]

Великолепен!

[@HamRadioDuo]

We searched for icom 7300 CW and guess whose video shows up first 😂. Of course it would be your video! Thank you for sharing! I see an icom 7300 at some point in our future and I'm sure we're going to be posting some CW videos with it. We normally keep our mics in the drawer 😉 73 Mike N4FFF es Becky N4BKY

[@HamRadioA2Z]

It was great meeting you both at Huntsville. 73, Tom

[@arczi321]

If you are using a straight key would the key speed be grayed out?

[@sparky42]

Great Vids Tom , can't you also just key the mic to activate transmit in the CW mode ?

[@HamRadioA2Z]

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.

[@sparky42]

@@HamRadioA2Z not what I meant

[@davebruce3754]

Great videos, thanks for all your help. I just bought my first new rig after 43 years on the air and love this 7300 radio. One question I have is, when in SSB (say on the net)how can I transmit on CW and listen to SSB? I have an old swan 300b that I have had since the beginning and when I was new and restricted to CW, I could listen to the net in SSB and when I checked in I used CW with out changing anything. Is it possible with the 7300? Thanks again for your very welcome videos. Dave VE3CMI

[@HamRadioA2Z]

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.

[@davebruce3754]

@@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

[@alancarter5141]

tom if i may ask a ? is it possible for me to use a antenna switcher and a external automatic tuner at the same time. i know its not related but thought id try my luck

[@HamRadioA2Z]

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

[@alancarter5141]

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

[@somarmd]

Great video's Tom. For some reason I am not able to change my CW Pitch when I touch the screen. RF Power and Key speed highlight and I can then change but not CW Pitch. Any thoughts appreciated. 73, Dave

[@somarmd]

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. :)

[@HamRadioA2Z]

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

[@somarmd]

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

[@rwprime1]

When in QSK (full breakin) why didn't you hold the vox/bkin button to bring up the additional menu? Is there no menu that comes up as it did when you were in breakin when you turned it down to a delay of two dits? I'm always for completeness and you didn't follow through on that or mention it. As far as I'm concerned, nothing has ever rivaled Ten-Tec's QSK and I'm curious what Icom calls QSK.

[@HamRadioA2Z]

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

[@GH0ST369]

What port to you hook into?😢

[@charlesallspach3783]

Thank you

[@HamRadioA2Z]

You're welcome. Thank you for reaching out.

[@Capecodham]

Did you have to send your entire call on each demonstration to show your CW Prowess?

[@HamRadioA2Z]

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

[@Capecodham]

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

[@pa3crl]

very Interesting ! Pa3crl

[@n0oer]

Video was grest.

[@barndweller4573]

Thank You