I have been in touch with Rob and he has kindly provided some information from his presentation that is very relevant to the receiver performance, see Rob Sherwood NC0B presentation slides. In Rob Sherwood’s NC0B own words “ I have used IC-7300 in at least 8 contests on 160 and 10 meters, and I have never felt I missed a contact due to the inadequate performance.” It will apply in a very small number of cases, mostly in CW contests or DX pileups, usually when you are the wanted DX. The sensitivity of all modern radios has been about the same for decades now and the difference in selectivity is not a night and day either. The differences between radios on this list are of a very fine margin, it really compares radios that are 99.26% “good” vs. You will struggle to see any significant difference between the top 20-30 radios on this list in real life. These are the results that some people are boasting about but they should not be taken as a holy grail, this is only one element of the radio performance. Rob Sherwood’s report places the FTDX10 receiver at the #2 place of all radios for its dynamic range. You will not find yourself in a situation where the signal that you hear on the FTDX10 will not be heard on IC-7300. While the FTDX10 receiver seems to be better, don’t expect miracles. If you only look at this then it’s game-over, the FTDX10 is your next radio. AdvantagesĪccording to many users the FTDX10 receiver is undoubtedly better, it has a better dynamic range and a better sounding audio. The radios I have owned over the last 10 years are FT990, IC-706 mkIIG, IC-756pro II, TS590S, FTDX3000, FT891, IC-7300, FT991A, IC-7610 and FTDX10, in that order.īefore we start, I would recommend you make a cup of coffee or tea, this is going to be a long read. I am not a fanboy of either of the brands, I simply choose what I believe is the best radio at the time, considering my budget and the radio’s availability. I will base it on comparing this radio to IC-7300 as many potential owners are asking themselves if FTDX10 is indeed that much better and worth the price difference. However, every review I came across was based either on Sherwood’s high score for this radio’s receiver, how beautiful the touchscreen is or comparing the receiver to IC-7300 in a mostly irrelevant environment.įor that reason, I have decided to write this review, to let others know what the radio is like to use after an extended period of time, what the support by Yaesu is and what the radio’s reliability is like. I saw a few discussions in the FTDX10 Facebook group and a few online forums and often I read a response “ You should have researched first before buying a radio”. This review is written from that point of view – the radio usability and reliability. By this I mean the product should do things in a simple, unobtrusive and logical way, not requiring the user to go out of his way to achieve something. I am a strong believer of product usability and I am expecting a product to perform to its specifications, to have high reliability and that the usability of the product is not flawed. However, I had access to a friend’s IC-7300 so I put it alongside the FTDX10 to be able to compare them. I had an IC-7300 previously, but sold it in order to upgrade to IC-7610. Over the following 10 months I kept swapping it with my IC-7610, using both of them for about the same amount of time. I put my IC-7610 aside and set the FTDX10 as my primary radio, just for enough time to learn to really appreciate the latest Yaesu technology and to learn to love this radio. It had a big, crisp and bright touch screen and looked amazing on my desk. The radio was beautiful, the right size, right weight, exactly what I was after. Enjoy! Tom purchased Yaesu FTDX10 in early 2021 after having read many reviews and watched every video on Youtube that I could find. Audio Tab: 1) Sound card driver MME 2) Signal IO device - the microphone codec for the 7300 3) Audio IO device, your speakers 4) Channels: Left/Right = I/Q 5) Shift. Now in CWSkimmer settings: Radio tab: 1) Select SoftRock IF 2) set the audio IF to minus 12000 (-12000) 3) Set the sampling rate to 192kHz. 4) Select VFO B and set the mode to CW 5) Select VFO A and select FM. Menu, Set, Connectors, ( of 4) ACC/USB Output Select: Set this for IF 2) Put your radio into FM mode. There are a few steps to do this: 1) set your radio to output IF instead of AF. But you can if you set your VFO B to use CW and then enable split! Thus you are able to decode CW with CW Skimmer and transmit. This is the only mode that does not insert a band pass filter which sets the IF output to the audio frequency band pass of the mode in use. It can provide a 12kHz bandwidth in IF mode if you set your radio to FM. Solved! Hi, The IC-7300 has the ability to output both audio or IF signals over the built in USB codec.
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