ICOM 7300 02 Direct Sampling Shortwave Radio Black

this radio is Very easy to tune and work and fast.

This is such a great radio. It does so many things that, Just didn't recognize what it all could do. You can really enjoy this radio, it can do so much more than to what it was expected to do.

Very good, nice.

I am still evaluating this transceiver but am extremely impressed with its capability. I really like the double passband tuning feature and am learning to appreciate the waterfall spectrum display. I am a CW operator and the built in iambic keyer works well at my 20-wpm plus speed. The auto-tuner range is smaller than I would like, only 3:1 swr, but it tunes all my antennas. Voice quality in receive is excellent. (I am not an ICOM rep, agent. or employee!) Amazon does not give enough specifications, so here are important ones: RCV general coverage 30 kHz to 74.8 MHz; transceive; all of us Ham-bands in that frequency range; modes and power, 100w CW, 100w SSB, 100w FM, 100w TTY, 100w digital, 25w am. Interfaces with computer for other capabilities. Amazon ships this transceiver with an 80-page basic manual. You need it! There are dual and multi-purpose switches and frequently switches open menus to open menus. Some functions are touchscreen controlled which also opens menus. Thats why I am still evaluating!

The only drawback of this radio, besides what seems like a high price but really isn't, is the fact that older models are HF capable and this one isn't. It's a shame really

Okay I recently moved into a rental home so I can't have some massive antenna setup. So I figured I would need some DSP on my side, because I'm going to have some kind of stealth, not great antenna setup. For the fun of it, I sat a quarter wave 50 ohm 2M magnetic mount antenna on a window ledge. Hooked it up to this transceiver. Please don't freak out, I'm not planning on transmitting with this, just wanted to listen. Yeah I have no ground plane or anything, and I'm listening to CW and SSB around 800 miles away and with a tiny bit of filter tweaking, it sounds like a telephone conversation right up to my ear. I absolutely cannot wait to figure out some kind of actual half wave antenna to throw on this bad boy. Not to mention actually grounding it. Lol. I have had a few Kenwood HF rigs and etc, this radio blows them away. The scope alone is worth every dollar. The waterfall... Okay I could go on, but seriously this radio has some kind of freakishly good receiver capabilities. I can barely wait to transmit. But I'm not going to mess around with some weird makeshift stuff. I need to balance out some kind of dipole or something first. If you are reading this, you are obviously considering this radio. Just do it. Icom is amazing, You won't regret it.

I have been very pleased with the performance of this HF radio. Pretty easy to operate and has many useful features.

I bought an IC-7300 when the output on my Kenwood T2000 failed, probably due to nearby lightning. I had reservations about anything but Kenwood, but the 7300 design is great. There is a heck of a learning curve because it will do so much, and so well. I especially like the filtering since my antennas leave a lot to be desired. Speaking of antennas, mine need some tuning, and the 7300 auto tuner works great. I'm suddenly getting used to SWR values of about 1.2:1 in many cases. I mostly work 20 and 10 meters right not. But even my slinky hunk of junk 40 meter antenna is tuning up pretty well. I only wish the 7300 had a 2 meter section as well. I am not at all impressed by the seller. He shipped the product by Fed Ex Smart Postal or something like that. It should have taken a couple-three days to get to SE Virginia from Alabama. That carton went to TN, WV, MD, Norfolk, Richmond, and finally back to SE Virginia. I live a half an hours drive from Norfolk. That's nuts! By the time Fed Ex and the USPS gets through with it, you never know what to expect. The seller certainly must know that. UPS would have had it here in 2-3 days tops.