Wow! I had a 7300 2 years ago and was totally flabbergasted by it. I lost it over financial problems, but just got a new one and found I have remembered nothing, of the little I had learned. In a couple of hours, you have taught me more than that bloody manual ever could. I am a general level and just set my legal ban edges, adding extra ones where needed. You can bet I will be following this whole series and telling others about it. Thank you so much Tom, for doing this series:-) Bruce KO4UHL
I've only seen two parts so far, but I wanted to stop and send you a big THANK YOU for this series of videos. This is precisely what I needed to get to know my new IC 7300.
2023-02-12 At 3.46, when you got a new screen #5 "User Band Edge", I did not notice that is was a new screen.. Kept trying on the #4 screen for a long time. Finally went back and reviewed again and again. THANKS
Great videos Tom! Everyone with a 7300 will learn SOMETHING new about their radio by just watching. As a quick note to hams when using the awesome Band Edge programming feature, when in LSB or USB modes, you are using up to 3Khz down or up from your tuned frequency and if tuned right to the lower or upper edge of your band allowance, you could be transmitting outside of your band allocation. These band edge settings can really help you to stay clean and keep the Advanced/Extra folks from calling you out! Cheers and 73!
The band edge limits is an AMAZING feature that I am glad is there. I will fully admit that I went out of MY band once and made a NICE contact to Kuwait and did not realize it until AFTER I had done so and felt kinda bad about it 1) for going out of my band segment and 2) not being able to count it "officially". Now if I can just get my 7300 delivered!
Thank You So Much!!!! Just ordered my 7300 :)))) such a great way to get a head start in anticipation ....... What a great series - THANK YOU Again !!!!
Hello Tom and thanks for taking the time to produce these tutorials. They are extremely helpful and the visual tutorial is so much better that the printed manual. I’m working my way thru video by video.
Hi Tom. This segment is really helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make up these informational videos. I upgraded to General this past winter, after a long absence from Amateur Radio. Purchased the Icom 7300, but still haven't been on the air yet. I am waiting for an antenna that has been on backorder for many months. I'm using a small dipole for listening. I'm also in 2 land, so perhaps in a few months I'll be up and running. 73'S Dave.
I've inserted a spot like you've shown so I can have a CW portion for my Advanced license and one for phone. As soon as you inserted a new spot or frequency grouping it took you to frequency entry mode but that was "after" you modified the frequency range, which opened up a frequency range. So like you've done I need to "clear" out room on that band then it lets me enter a new frequency range once I press Insert.
Thnks for your videos. I have been not very active over the past year so I needed to refresh on the basics. I got my advanced license in 1979. I also have done some MARS work. So I know about out of band. I had hoped some years ago that the when they stopped issuing new advanced licenses That since, if I remember correctly, that the only difference in 1979 between advanced and extra was Advanced was 13wpm and Extra was 20wpm. that my license would have been bumped to extra but no such luck. I keep renewing so still an advanced class ham. So I will use the user defined band edges limits to make sure I stay in my freq limits and no stray into extra territory.
Hi Joe. I upgraded to Advanced right around that same time. There was still a separate written element for Extra, even back then, but it was a pretty small jump from Advanced to Extra. When they dropped the Advanced, I waited quite a while before going for Extra as I thought it was a little bit special to hold a license class that nobody could ever get again. I finally decided to get over that about 8 years ago and decided to upgrade when my 2 boys took went to take their Technician test. Glad to know that you’re getting active again and I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos. 73, Tom WA2IVD
THIS video is really useful to new hams, when I just gotten the Tech license I cq;d in the wrong range , thankfully a VERY POLITE operator called my attention to it , and I ordered the ARRL chart. I now have the General license , and set up the 7300 to follow those guide lines. i SET THE LIMITS FOR PHONE AND IMAGE, i'M WONDERING HOW THAT WILL AFFECT DATA ? THANK YOU
Hi. Thanks for the kind words and sorry for the delayed reply. The user band edges that you set are independent of mode. So if you set user band edges for the general phone portion of a band, then outside of those limits, the radio won’t let you transmit in any mode. So if you want to do data too, you need to make sure there is another user band edge pair covering the data portion of the band. 73, Tom
Awesome videos thank you so much. I have a question. How do you stop the normal beeping when you change frequencies with the microphone or when you press any button?
@HamRadioA2Z thank you sir. After watching your video I figured it out. The beep was annoying as heck! I love your videos they are great and very informative keep up the great content
With the scope in Fixed mode, the 2nd soft button should say “EDGE”. Keep pressing that and it will switch between the different edge settings for that band.
I haven't played around with this yet. If I set limits for the top and bottom phone areas for the bands I would assume it'd keep me from accidentally keying up in the wrong area. Would I still be able to use WSJT-X in the digital portions of the bands?
Hi Greg. If you set the user band edges to prevent transmitting and you don’t program a segment that includes the digital part of the band, then the answer is no. Transmit is inhibited regardless of where PTT is coming from. So if you are using the User Band Edges then you need to include every segment where you want to transmit.
Tom, Can I set up the band edges and "band segments" so the radio switches from CW to ( and from ) SSB at the desired frequency? if so, point me to the right page. This is my first "menu driven" radio. TNX Wayne N3TNS
Hi Wayne. Sorry, but no. You can set the default and user defined band edges to inhibit transmit, but there is no option to do anything with modes based on the band edges.
Tom - is there any remedy for 5.3 MHz where the scope is displaying 'out of range'? Also this applies to 70MHz on my 7300 on this side of the ocean. Great video. I've applied this information to mine rig and the club radio. 73 de David M0YDH
Hi David. There are 2 ways to remedy the ‘out of range’ message. The scope fixed edge limits are divided into 13 ranges that roughly correspond to the various amateur bands. There are 3 fixed edge settings for each range. The default settings for these are usually an entire amateur band, the lower/CW portion of the band and the upper/voice portion of the band. The range used for 80 meters can be set anywhere from 2.0 MHz to 6.0 MHz. So you can change one of the 80 meter fixed edges to be 60 meters instead. The other option is to put the scope in CENTER mode instead of FIXED EDGES. Then the center of the scope will be your tuned frequency no matter where you tune. As for 70Mhz, there should be fixed edges set for that. It is one of the ranges. You’ll find all this in section 5 of the manual. 73, Tom
@@HamRadioA2Z Thanks Tom for the reply. I had a go at this. Band edge 4 in any set seems quite adaptable. I set this one to 5.2-5.6 MHz. The LF band edges were readily changed for e.g. 0.03 to 0.25 MHz (time signals, 2200m and BBC Radio 4) and one for 630m. I'll use Center mode when I go off piste- top tip - thanks
Hi there...question, when you get the radio the 60 metre / 5mhz band is there but there are no band edges and it says scope out of range but it will tx, so can you just make a band limit on that band, from 5,225 to 5.450 or what ever it is, and will the scope work on that band as it does on the others...i guess you press insert and put it in there...from Fred g4vvq in England.
Hi Fred. Keep in mind that the User Band Edges covered in video #3 are not at all related to the Fixed Edges displayed on the scope. There are 2 ways that you can display 60M frequencies on the scope. One simple way is to tune to the center of the 60M band then set the scope to Center mode (instead of Fixed). Then press SPAN until the span indicates 50k on each side of the scope and you'll see the entire band. You can also change one of the Fixed edges for the scope to cover the 60M band. Press and hold EXPD/SET and then scroll down to the Fixed Edges option. You can change of the 2.0 - 6.0 Edges from 80 meters to the 60 meter band. The scope is covered in the IC-7300 videos 17 - 19. I believe setting the fixed edges is covered in #19. Here's a link: th-cam.com/video/DTLvr0es6nA/w-d-xo.html . 73, Tom
Hi Tom when i go into band edges in menu i only have 2 in there, something like 1.700mhz to 29,999mhz and 50 to 440 mhz, something like that, its 4 and 6 meters anyway, if i try to great a 3rd new option, i dial the freq in and press enter and it just throws it out, i was trying to make a 5 mhz section, i have installed new ver 4,0 software and my 7300 has been widebanded, anu ideas...oh the band edge bleep has vanished, apparently that happens when you wideband radios....from Fred g4vvq.
Hi Fred. When setting up any particular band edge, the left number always has to be lower than the right number. If you enter a number that violates that it will throw it out and go back to the last value. So, if you’re moving an existing band edge way above the current range, you have to enter the right hand number first. If you’re moving it below the current range, you have to enter the left number first. I assume “widebanding” means a service menu or diode remove/add type change that opens up the allowed transmit frequencies. My radio is stock. So I can’t say how that change may affect any of the menus and settings.
@@HamRadioA2Z Ok Tom thanks, i looked at one of your other video clips that's helps, yes wide banding with the 7300 involves removing 2 diodes, so yes t essentially tx everywhere, although not 30mhz upwards, of course it does on 6 and 4 meters...when you have this done the band edge bleeps disappear....its legal in this country to have it done, they say well your responsible for what freq you tx on lol...73 Fred.
@@HamRadioA2Z Hi Tom, i have done what you said, gone into the options of the 80mts section, used option 4 and set band edge for 60 mts band, seems to work....cheers Fred g4vvq.
How can one open up a transmittable frequency range for the 2200 meter and 630 meter band? Inserting two ranges above 160M doesn't allow entering frequencies for those ham bands.
Hi Jim. The 7300 allows you to set transmit limits that are a portion of the various amateur bands. It will not let you set transmit ranges outside of the defined amateur bands. Many radios have some way of opening up transmit capability outside of amateur bands by applying a small hardware modification, by getting in a service type menu and making changes or sometimes, by a combination of both methods. The 7300 may have this capability, but I haven’t looked into it. If you want to modify the radio to allow transmitting on experimental bands, MARS frequencies or for some other purpose you could try searching on “7300 radio modifications” or something similar. However, it is important to caution you that you are responsible for insuring that it is legal for you to transmit on whatever frequencies you choose in your country. Also, keep in mind that if you force the 7300 (or any radio) to transmit on frequencies outside the range that it was designed for, it may not meet it’s performance specs or legal requirements for spurious emissions.
Tom, thanks so much for doing these videos. I am just getting back into amateur radio after 38 years and am currently using my old Kenwood TS-520. My what a difference a few decades of technology makes. I am going to purchase a 7300 and these videos are very helpful. I was wondering if the band edge function allows you to incorporate modes as well? So that you can’t transmit SSB in the CW portion of a band for instance? Thanks Jim - WA8MDC
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Wow! I had a 7300 2 years ago and was totally flabbergasted by it. I lost it over financial problems, but just got a new one and found I have remembered nothing, of the little I had learned. In a couple of hours, you have taught me more than that bloody manual ever could. I am a general level and just set my legal ban edges, adding extra ones where needed. You can bet I will be following this whole series and telling others about it. Thank you so much Tom, for doing this series:-) Bruce KO4UHL
Thanks Bruce. I'm glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
I've only seen two parts so far, but I wanted to stop and send you a big THANK YOU for this series of videos. This is precisely what I needed to get to know my new IC 7300.
2023-02-12 At 3.46, when you got a new screen #5 "User Band Edge", I did not notice that is was a new screen.. Kept trying on the #4 screen for a long time. Finally went back and reviewed again and again. THANKS
Thank you. As a General license holder I appreciate this lesson. My radio is now easier to use, which is always appreciated.
Great videos Tom! Everyone with a 7300 will learn SOMETHING new about their radio by just watching. As a quick note to hams when using the awesome Band Edge programming feature, when in LSB or USB modes, you are using up to 3Khz down or up from your tuned frequency and if tuned right to the lower or upper edge of your band allowance, you could be transmitting outside of your band allocation. These band edge settings can really help you to stay clean and keep the Advanced/Extra folks from calling you out!
Cheers and 73!
Greatest video series on the ic 7300's
Tom, thanks for all your efforts in this series. I've had the 7300 for a year or so and have found this to be very helpful. Nicely done.
The band edge limits is an AMAZING feature that I am glad is there. I will fully admit that I went out of MY band once and made a NICE contact to Kuwait and did not realize it until AFTER I had done so and felt kinda bad about it 1) for going out of my band segment and 2) not being able to count it "officially". Now if I can just get my 7300 delivered!
Thank You So Much!!!! Just ordered my 7300 :)))) such a great way to get a head start in anticipation .......
What a great series - THANK YOU Again !!!!
Thank you Tom. I finally got my ic7300 and these videos have helped me out.
Tom, this answered some big questions for me.
Hello Tom and thanks for taking the time to produce these tutorials. They are extremely helpful and the visual tutorial is so much better that the printed manual. I’m working my way thru video by video.
Hi Tom. This segment is really helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make up these informational videos. I upgraded to General this past winter, after a long absence from Amateur Radio. Purchased the Icom 7300, but still haven't been on the air yet. I am waiting for an antenna that has been on backorder for many months. I'm using a small dipole for listening. I'm also in 2 land, so perhaps in a few months I'll be up and running. 73'S Dave.
Thanks Tom...super useful to follow along with you.
Great video, thank you for putting these out. Very informative.
I love what you did here, very helpful. I take my General exam on Wednesday, been playing with the 7300 trying to comprehend some of this.
Good luck on your exam! Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad the videos are helpful.
@@HamRadioA2Z I passed my Element 3 today!
Really good videos, Tom. Question, can you set up a band that is not in any amateur area?
I've inserted a spot like you've shown so I can have a CW portion for my Advanced license and one for phone. As soon as you inserted a new spot or frequency grouping it took you to frequency entry mode but that was "after" you modified the frequency range, which opened up a frequency range. So like you've done I need to "clear" out room on that band then it lets me enter a new frequency range once I press Insert.
Thnks for your videos. I have been not very active over the past year so I needed to refresh on the basics. I got my advanced license in 1979. I also have done some MARS work. So I know about out of band. I had hoped some years ago that the when they stopped issuing new advanced licenses That since, if I remember correctly, that the only difference in 1979 between advanced and extra was Advanced was 13wpm and Extra was 20wpm. that my license would have been bumped to extra but no such luck. I keep renewing so still an advanced class ham. So I will use the user defined band edges limits to make sure I stay in my freq limits and no stray into extra territory.
Hi Joe. I upgraded to Advanced right around that same time. There was still a separate written element for Extra, even back then, but it was a pretty small jump from Advanced to Extra. When they dropped the Advanced, I waited quite a while before going for Extra as I thought it was a little bit special to hold a license class that nobody could ever get again. I finally decided to get over that about 8 years ago and decided to upgrade when my 2 boys took went to take their Technician test. Glad to know that you’re getting active again and I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos. 73, Tom WA2IVD
Great job on the video's! I'm learning alot!
Wow, this is great tutorial! Thank you!
excellent videos Tom!! you are doing an outstanding job. Thanks for sharing
THIS video is really useful to new hams, when I just gotten the Tech license I cq;d in the wrong range , thankfully a VERY POLITE operator called my attention to it , and I ordered the ARRL chart. I now have the General license , and set up the 7300 to follow those guide lines. i SET THE LIMITS FOR PHONE AND IMAGE, i'M WONDERING HOW THAT WILL AFFECT DATA ? THANK YOU
Hi. Thanks for the kind words and sorry for the delayed reply. The user band edges that you set are independent of mode. So if you set user band edges for the general phone portion of a band, then outside of those limits, the radio won’t let you transmit in any mode. So if you want to do data too, you need to make sure there is another user band edge pair covering the data portion of the band. 73, Tom
Awesome videos thank you so much. I have a question. How do you stop the normal beeping when you change frequencies with the microphone or when you press any button?
MENU -> Set -> Function. On the first page is “BEEP (Confirmation)”. Change that from ON to OFF.
@HamRadioA2Z thank you sir. After watching your video I figured it out. The beep was annoying as heck! I love your videos they are great and very informative keep up the great content
Ok we’ve set the band edges. In my case for General. Now how do we cycle thru the band sections. I see the key are they numbered after we set them up.
With the scope in Fixed mode, the 2nd soft button should say “EDGE”. Keep pressing that and it will switch between the different edge settings for that band.
Like Charlie said, THANK YOU!
I haven't played around with this yet. If I set limits for the top and bottom phone areas for the bands I would assume it'd keep me from accidentally keying up in the wrong area. Would I still be able to use WSJT-X in the digital portions of the bands?
Hi Greg. If you set the user band edges to prevent transmitting and you don’t program a segment that includes the digital part of the band, then the answer is no. Transmit is inhibited regardless of where PTT is coming from. So if you are using the User Band Edges then you need to include every segment where you want to transmit.
@@HamRadioA2Z Thanks!
Tom, Can I set up the band edges and "band segments" so the radio switches from CW to ( and from ) SSB at the desired frequency? if so, point me to the right page. This is my first "menu driven" radio. TNX Wayne N3TNS
Hi Wayne. Sorry, but no. You can set the default and user defined band edges to inhibit transmit, but there is no option to do anything with modes based on the band edges.
Tom - is there any remedy for 5.3 MHz where the scope is displaying 'out of range'? Also this applies to 70MHz on my 7300 on this side of the ocean. Great video. I've applied this information to mine rig and the club radio. 73 de David M0YDH
Hi David. There are 2 ways to remedy the ‘out of range’ message. The scope fixed edge limits are divided into 13 ranges that roughly correspond to the various amateur bands. There are 3 fixed edge settings for each range. The default settings for these are usually an entire amateur band, the lower/CW portion of the band and the upper/voice portion of the band. The range used for 80 meters can be set anywhere from 2.0 MHz to 6.0 MHz. So you can change one of the 80 meter fixed edges to be 60 meters instead. The other option is to put the scope in CENTER mode instead of FIXED EDGES. Then the center of the scope will be your tuned frequency no matter where you tune.
As for 70Mhz, there should be fixed edges set for that. It is one of the ranges.
You’ll find all this in section 5 of the manual.
73,
Tom
@@HamRadioA2Z Thanks Tom for the reply. I had a go at this. Band edge 4 in any set seems quite adaptable. I set this one to 5.2-5.6 MHz. The LF band edges were readily changed for e.g. 0.03 to 0.25 MHz (time signals, 2200m and BBC Radio 4) and one for 630m. I'll use Center mode when I go off piste- top tip - thanks
Hi there...question, when you get the radio the 60 metre / 5mhz band is there but there are no band edges and it says scope out of range but it will tx, so can you just make a band limit on that band, from 5,225 to 5.450 or what ever it is, and will the scope work on that band as it does on the others...i guess you press insert and put it in there...from Fred g4vvq in England.
Hi Fred. Keep in mind that the User Band Edges covered in video #3 are not at all related to the Fixed Edges displayed on the scope. There are 2 ways that you can display 60M frequencies on the scope. One simple way is to tune to the center of the 60M band then set the scope to Center mode (instead of Fixed). Then press SPAN until the span indicates 50k on each side of the scope and you'll see the entire band. You can also change one of the Fixed edges for the scope to cover the 60M band. Press and hold EXPD/SET and then scroll down to the Fixed Edges option. You can change of the 2.0 - 6.0 Edges from 80 meters to the 60 meter band. The scope is covered in the IC-7300 videos 17 - 19. I believe setting the fixed edges is covered in #19. Here's a link: th-cam.com/video/DTLvr0es6nA/w-d-xo.html . 73, Tom
Hi Tom when i go into band edges in menu i only have 2 in there, something like 1.700mhz to 29,999mhz and 50 to 440 mhz, something like that, its 4 and 6 meters anyway, if i try to great a 3rd new option, i dial the freq in and press enter and it just throws it out, i was trying to make a 5 mhz section, i have installed new ver 4,0 software and my 7300 has been widebanded, anu ideas...oh the band edge bleep has vanished, apparently that happens when you wideband radios....from Fred g4vvq.
Hi Fred. When setting up any particular band edge, the left number always has to be lower than the right number. If you enter a number that violates that it will throw it out and go back to the last value. So, if you’re moving an existing band edge way above the current range, you have to enter the right hand number first. If you’re moving it below the current range, you have to enter the left number first.
I assume “widebanding” means a service menu or diode remove/add type change that opens up the allowed transmit frequencies. My radio is stock. So I can’t say how that change may affect any of the menus and settings.
@@HamRadioA2Z Ok Tom thanks, i looked at one of your other video clips that's helps, yes wide banding with the 7300 involves removing 2 diodes, so yes t essentially tx everywhere, although not 30mhz upwards, of course it does on 6 and 4 meters...when you have this done the band edge bleeps disappear....its legal in this country to have it done, they say well your responsible for what freq you tx on lol...73 Fred.
@@HamRadioA2Z Hi Tom, i have done what you said, gone into the options of the 80mts section, used option 4 and set band edge for 60 mts band, seems to work....cheers Fred g4vvq.
Hi great video!!! So can you add a band that's not there already say for example 26-28mhz 11 meters without removing diodes etc ? Many thanks
If you buy the radio from gigaparts they will do the modification you're asking about for I think $30 and still honor the full warranty.
How can one open up a transmittable frequency range for the 2200 meter and 630 meter band? Inserting two ranges above 160M doesn't allow entering frequencies for those ham bands.
Hi Jim. The 7300 allows you to set transmit limits that are a portion of the various amateur bands. It will not let you set transmit ranges outside of the defined amateur bands. Many radios have some way of opening up transmit capability outside of amateur bands by applying a small hardware modification, by getting in a service type menu and making changes or sometimes, by a combination of both methods. The 7300 may have this capability, but I haven’t looked into it. If you want to modify the radio to allow transmitting on experimental bands, MARS frequencies or for some other purpose you could try searching on “7300 radio modifications” or something similar. However, it is important to caution you that you are responsible for insuring that it is legal for you to transmit on whatever frequencies you choose in your country. Also, keep in mind that if you force the 7300 (or any radio) to transmit on frequencies outside the range that it was designed for, it may not meet it’s performance specs or legal requirements for spurious emissions.
Tom, thanks so much for doing these videos. I am just getting back into amateur radio after 38 years and am currently using my old Kenwood TS-520. My what a difference a few decades of technology makes. I am going to purchase a 7300 and these videos are very helpful. I was wondering if the band edge function allows you to incorporate modes as well? So that you can’t transmit SSB in the CW portion of a band for instance? Thanks Jim - WA8MDC
Hi Jim, sorry for the delayed reply. I'm sorry to say that the band edge functions are not mode specific.