if you want more power just get a 500 - 800 watt amp they work on 120v and only draw roughly 5 amps on the 120 side. the way i look at it is why not get an amp if you want more power that way if the amp fails you still have a working radio. sure amps are expensive but once you have one, you have one. they work on most if not all HF radio so if you want to upgrade your radio one day your amp will still work. also if you dont want to run 500 and or 800watts PEP no one is forcing you. if you lower your drive power your amp will run happily pushing out 150 to 300 watts if thats your fancy. why potentially wreak a 1000 dollar radio when you can spend roughly 2000 dollars on a new amp and really pack a punch? you can also find some used 500 to 800 watt amps for 500 to 1000 dollars in good condition if you look hard enough. 73s VE4WAT
100% agreed and that has been my fight for years, strongly advicing hams not to touch the ALC level to increase their average power damaging the spectral purity and possibly passive components.
That's right, so it don't make sense at all to increase power leaving the radio in risk and sacrifying its spectral purity besides making it not legal to use it.
Hi , i have a question, I was away for a few months working when I came home I thought I turn my 7300 and it doesn't power on it has power going into it fuses are good even the one inside the rig what could be the problem? Thanks
That is a rookie mistake (lack of judgment). While it makes sense that adding an additional 15 - 20 watts would give you a boost, in actuality it gives you nothing. About 5 years ago I started powering down to 85 watts. It is easy on my finals and the number of contacts is the same. Maybe I’ll use 100 watts to bust a pileup or be heard during a net. 99% of the time I run 85 watts. Your best bet is to invest in (or better yet build) a good antenna. I want my Icom IC-7300 to be my friend for life.
You get that right. Even 50W more,won't make any difference, many hams will not know that an S unit in all radios is a 6db increase in your signal and to have that increase you will have to increase your power 4 times meaning from 100 to 400W so what's the point to increase 50 or 60W more in your radio just because you want to see it peaking 100W average and then damaging your PA and possibly relay contacts and ceramic caps at the tuner and low pass filters. Thanks for your comments.
No, I am not an Icom certfied radiotech but yes I have been radiotech for all my life, 29 years working in radiocomunications for the US goverment. Retired now for 4 years.
@@AD4C 20 yrs with Motorola Radio servicing and certified tech, 15 yrs E911 Service Tech for CNY Fire, Sheriff, Highway, EMS etc. Repeater systems and installs and MW links. Also sub-contracted for Verizon cellphone systems doing cell tower radio installs...so we are both good.....worked on Motorola / Icom / Kenwood mobile and handle radios when I worked for CNY....prior to working with Motorola, I was 6 yrs in USAF as COMM TECH for MW and HF system.....been retired 5 yrs now....
@@jimfilippazzo3047 How about this: 20 years working for WPB Police Dpt taking care of their 800Mhz trunking radio system with over a thousand radios among portable and mobile, no help., just myself, then 9 more years working for PBC,FL working in their also Motorola two way 800 Mhz radio system originally on analog FM trunking Type II and latest five years before retiring, working on P25 systems,. As you see even not been an Icom certified technician, I know enough on radio circuits to explain what many others don't know. Been retired now for five years and helping others as a technical advisor. Before coming to the US 32 years ago, worked in my motherland as radiotech for 25 years as well, repair, install and maintain radio systems on HF SSB, AM, FM, as well as VHF,UHF and Microwave. As you see all my whole life dedicated to radio comunications.
What is funny is you don’t gain crap adding those extra watts. Get a good antenna and setup your complete system the right way and I promise you don’t need more then 50 watts to make contacts!! Antenna, coax, surge arrestors, proper single point ground halo system, and much more go into making a good station. And always remember, clean in equals clean out. Stop splattering the airwaves with a darn HF radio for Gosh sake!!! Use it the way it’s made. Get an equalizer or a different mic and learn how to set the radio up!! And oh yeah, read the manual!!!!!
@@steveacab77 Yes, its possible to do it trough the hidden technical menu but I strongly advice not to do it unless you are skilled adjusting internal parameters. Touching the wrong menu you might disable the whole radio and make it useless. Just drop your power down to 20W on 20M with the MULTI knob and increase it to 100W in the other bands as you need
Te respondo lo mismo que al colega que pregunto lo mismo, el tema que trate en ingles es lo mismo que ya he explicado en dos de mis videos en espanol pero algunos RA que no entienden lo que explique querian que se los explicara en ingles.
No, no hay lastima porque estos dos ultimos videos en ingles ya estan explicados tambien en espanol, es una repeticion del mismo tema pero en ingles para los que no lo entienden en espanol
Dear Hector, You do an excellent job, not only in Spanish, but also in English. Thank you so much 73’s MUCHÍSIMAS GRACIAS
Thanks
if you want more power just get a 500 - 800 watt amp they work on 120v and only draw roughly 5 amps on the 120 side. the way i look at it is why not get an amp if you want more power that way if the amp fails you still have a working radio. sure amps are expensive but once you have one, you have one. they work on most if not all HF radio so if you want to upgrade your radio one day your amp will still work. also if you dont want to run 500 and or 800watts PEP no one is forcing you. if you lower your drive power your amp will run happily pushing out 150 to 300 watts if thats your fancy.
why potentially wreak a 1000 dollar radio when you can spend roughly 2000 dollars on a new amp and really pack a punch?
you can also find some used 500 to 800 watt amps for 500 to 1000 dollars in good condition if you look hard enough.
73s
VE4WAT
100% agreed and that has been my fight for years, strongly advicing hams not to touch the ALC level to increase their average power damaging the spectral purity and possibly passive components.
And if you up the power to 180 watts you’re only gaining maybe a little more than 2db increase in signal strength.
That's right, so it don't make sense at all to increase power leaving the radio in risk and sacrifying its spectral purity besides making it not legal to use it.
Hi , i have a question,
I was away for a few months working when I came home I thought I turn my 7300 and it doesn't power on it has power going into it fuses are good even the one inside the rig what could be the problem? Thanks
That is a rookie mistake (lack of judgment). While it makes sense that adding an additional 15 - 20 watts would give you a boost, in actuality it gives you nothing. About 5 years ago I started powering down to 85 watts. It is easy on my finals and the number of contacts is the same. Maybe I’ll use 100 watts to bust a pileup or be heard during a net. 99% of the time I run 85 watts. Your best bet is to invest in (or better yet build) a good antenna. I want my Icom IC-7300 to be my friend for life.
You get that right. Even 50W more,won't make any difference, many hams will not know that an S unit in all radios is a 6db increase in your signal and to have that increase you will have to increase your power 4 times meaning from 100 to 400W so what's the point to increase 50 or 60W more in your radio just because you want to see it peaking 100W average and then damaging your PA and possibly relay contacts and ceramic caps at the tuner and low pass filters. Thanks for your comments.
Are you a Certified Technician for Icom....??? And what is your expertise....???
No, I am not an Icom certfied radiotech but yes I have been radiotech for all my life, 29 years working in radiocomunications for the US goverment. Retired now for 4 years.
@@AD4C 20 yrs with Motorola Radio servicing and certified tech, 15 yrs E911 Service Tech for CNY Fire, Sheriff, Highway, EMS etc. Repeater systems and installs and MW links. Also sub-contracted for Verizon cellphone systems doing cell tower radio installs...so we are both good.....worked on Motorola / Icom / Kenwood mobile and handle radios when I worked for CNY....prior to working with Motorola, I was 6 yrs in USAF as COMM TECH for MW and HF system.....been retired 5 yrs now....
@@jimfilippazzo3047 How about this:
20 years working for WPB Police Dpt taking care of their 800Mhz trunking radio system with over a thousand radios among portable and mobile, no help., just myself, then 9 more years working for PBC,FL working in their also Motorola two way 800 Mhz radio system originally on analog FM trunking Type II and latest five years before retiring, working on P25 systems,.
As you see even not been an Icom certified technician, I know enough on radio circuits to explain what many others don't know.
Been retired now for five years and helping others as a technical advisor.
Before coming to the US 32 years ago, worked in my motherland as radiotech for 25 years as well, repair, install and maintain radio systems on HF SSB, AM, FM, as well as VHF,UHF and Microwave.
As you see all my whole life dedicated to radio comunications.
What is funny is you don’t gain crap adding those extra watts. Get a good antenna and setup your complete system the right way and I promise you don’t need more then 50 watts to make contacts!! Antenna, coax, surge arrestors, proper single point ground halo system, and much more go into making a good station. And always remember, clean in equals clean out. Stop splattering the airwaves with a darn HF radio for Gosh sake!!! Use it the way it’s made. Get an equalizer or a different mic and learn how to set the radio up!! And oh yeah, read the manual!!!!!
Is power adjustable as 20 meters only 40w everywhere else 100w
@@steveacab77
Yes, its possible to do it trough the hidden technical menu but I strongly advice not to do it unless you are skilled adjusting internal parameters. Touching the wrong menu you might disable the whole radio and make it useless.
Just drop your power down to 20W on 20M with the MULTI knob and increase it to 100W in the other bands as you need
Just get an external amplifyer and test it so you dont burn your cabels and antennas.
Soy un ferviente seguidor Chileno de esta página, sin embargo me llama la atención que esta vez sea inglés. Favor de hacerla en español. Gracias
Te respondo lo mismo que al colega que pregunto lo mismo, el tema que trate en ingles es lo mismo que ya he explicado en dos de mis videos en espanol pero algunos RA que no entienden lo que explique querian que se los explicara en ingles.
However my amp works so it might not matter either way
But if yours is doing less. Than 100 watts it shouldnt hurt to turn power up to 100 watts…
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
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Una lástima para los que no entendemos inglés 😢
No, no hay lastima porque estos dos ultimos videos en ingles ya estan explicados tambien en espanol, es una repeticion del mismo tema pero en ingles para los que no lo entienden en espanol
K ingles
Thanks