SETUP Your Icom IC-7300 for FT8 - EASY Beginners Guide

In this tutorial I walk you through the step-by-step process of configuring your Icom IC-7300 for seamless operation with WSJT-X and popular digital modes like FT8. These are my personal radio settings that I use for use with FT8, WSPR and other modes that have proven to help me make thousands of contacts in WSJT-X, ensuring you get the most out of your IC7300.
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⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 Setup your IC-7300 for WSJT-X
0:24 Radio Settings
2:48 USB Drivers
3:33 COM Port and USB Audio
5:17 WSJT-X Settings
7:35 Adjusting RX Audio Level
8:07 Set your Filters WIDE
8:58 TX Audio Level & ALC
Additional notes:
The baudrate you use in WSJT-X is dependant on if CI-V USB Port is set to Unlink from [Remote] or Link to [Remote].
Link to [Remote] = Use the CI-V Baud Rate on Page 1 of the CI-V menu
Unlink from [Remote = Use the CI-V USB Baud Rate on Page 2 of the CI-V Menu
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[@HamRadioDX]

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[@timkeene2717]

Hey Thanks much Mate for this video. I just won my ic-7300 in a raffle at a local tailgate swap meet. Not bad for $20. I never would have got this rig running so quickly without your help. Thanks again. Tim - K5DEZ

[@regularguy519]

First post! Thank you for this video, starting to learn digital modes this weekend. 🎉

[@HamRadioDX]

Awesome! Plenty of enjoyment and contacts to be made. Update your progress here and if you have any questions

[@DonzLockz]

Good instructive video mate. I'm still deciding but I've saved this either way. I'm keen on digital modes and I'm glad you made this for us newbies. ;)

[@HamRadioDX]

No worries hope it helps!

[@jameyevans29]

This is just what I needed. Thank you!

[@HamRadioDX]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hthring]

Thanks for this ! Its working !

[@rayharkins9564]

Thank you so much. You da man

[@manoffaith2501]

Doesn’t the IC-7300 have a FT8 Preset on page 2 of the menu?

[@VFRRiderFT]

Sorry, I have a question on the initial settings, I have already set up my 7300 for use with the RS-BA1 Remote Utility and for that I have had to set the CI-V USB Port to Unlink from [REMOTE], so the question is can I leave it like this or should I change it?

[@HamRadioDX]

Yes you can leave it like that, just set your baud rate in WSJT-X to whatever it is below that setting - probably 115300bps?

[@temporarilyoffline]

And that's how you do that!

[@donwegeng5463]

This is a great video, however it does not address how to set the Windows audio level for transmitting. Is this covered in a different video?

[@HamRadioDX]

Maybe here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6q6iWOfbZyDZtE

[@user-kw9ec1dr5q]

HELP ANYONE .....my screen of wsjt-x is exactly like yours... except under "WSJT-X VERSION 2.61 K1JT ETAL" IT DOES NOT read "file config view mode decode save tools help" so i cant click on file to adjust the settings???? NS9T

[@axi6ne8us]

Can those same settings be used for the IC-705?

[@HamRadioDX]

Very similar, except just select the IC-705 from the drop down radios list

[@joelaut12]

could you do. yeasu FT-450D also?? Great video!

[@HamRadioDX]

I don’t own a FT-450D unfortunately. Great little radio though!

[@davidcottee2808]

Finally got my IC-7000 working on FT8/WSPR. Unlike the 7300 I can’t turn off the microphone while transmitting. Just have to be quiet. As an aside, do you know of an ACARS decoder I could use with audio input rather than SDR. They all seem to have lost that feature in recent updates. 6 meters was open to Japan on Sunday afternoon BTW!

[@jamesknotts1546]

Unhook your microphone?

[@exploreit3548]

Drivers for Linux ?

[@maxzdev]

What power supply are you using??

[@HamRadioDX]

25A linear supply from Powertech

[@ohaya1]

Setting WSJT-X to Data/Pkt instead of SSB hides other people's signals in the software's watefall. Has anyone noticed it or is it just on my end? If it's true why does that happen?

[@HamRadioDX]

Check your filter widths when you switch to the data mode. If it's too narrow it will hide some of the signals

[@ohaya1]

@@HamRadioDX Thanks Hayden will try that

[@Aussie_Ham_Radio]

Great video Hayden. The only addition I would make is on windows go into advanced and make sure enhanced audio is turned off. This allows a cleaner signal from the WSJT-X program to the radio. I did a video where in windows 11 you think you have turned it off but the windows 10 interface still shows it turned on. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqvXh3mbp5p7p68

[@HamRadioDX]

Great tip Glenn!

[@bkdexter79]

Why did you omit the cabling required to set all this up? Where it goes, which cable goes where, etc. Yes... beginners need this! Also the website to download the software isn't available here in the states. Unfortunately this video seems pointless since you skip so much info.

[@HamRadioDX]

Oh well can’t please everyone then 🤷‍♂️

[@rjschneid47]

You lost me when you went into audio and suddenly an audio menu appears on your screen and the viewer has no idea where it came from. Most users are faced with fixing the computer interface or installing one every so often, like 6-12 months, and there is no way that we are facile in jumping in and out of driver set-ups, device manager, and wondering where the audio menu is. I also noted that a number of my com port drivers were set at 9600 baud. Should they match the settings you had us put into the radio? Back to experimentation. 73, AB0CD..

[@HamRadioDX]

Here is another video to assist - Get Started with FT8 - An Introduction for Beginners | WSJT-X Ham Radio kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6q6iWOfbZyDZtE