[GCARC] IC-7300 + 100 WATTS AT W2MMD & KX3 + 10 WATTS

Vinnie Sallustio yankees_1996 at hotmail.com
Sun Dec 16 12:22:05 EST 2018 

$60 for storing settings app sounds high. Kenwood has an excellent rig control program that is free on their website, and stores settings. Works great for my TS-590SG.

Also, while all the rigs have their quirks, Icom is not free of them. The 7300 is notorious for front end overload. Google "Icom 7300 front end overload"

The Kenwood 590SG had the cooling fans installed in the wrong direction (I checked mine and they were correct).

The Yaesu 3000, the Icom 7300, and the Kenwood 590SG are all priced between $1,070- $1,300. I don't think you can go wrong with any of them at those prices.

If anyone is interesting in loggers, I suggest N3FJP's AC Log. I am a convert from Ham Radio Deluxe. AC log is cheaper, easy to use, virtually big free, and free lifetime tech support and upgrades. Scott returns emails promptly. Once Simon sold HRD to the new group, it went to crap.

Vinnie



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From: gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Ken Bozarth <kwbozarth at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2018 10:40 AM
To: 'MARK GOTTLIEB'; 'GLOUCESTER CLUB'
Subject: Re: [GCARC] IC-7300 + 100 WATTS AT W2MMD & KX3 + 10 WATTS

I like my IC7300 a lot! For those of you who own or are thinking of buying a Yaesu FTDX3000, read this...The rig has thermal issues. At low duty cycle and at about 50% max power, it's OK. But if you talk for a while at full power, when you unkey you will not be able to key next time. Powering off and on the rig is the only way to fix it. I can imagine one getting messeded up in a digital mode. I do not know if Yaesu incorporated thermal sensing that will shut down TX. It takes a while for the fan to come on, so they are sensing temp somewhere for the fan. Some peeps on the Yaesu groups have seen this, not just me. Yaesu tried to be innovative by eliminating the power amp heat sink. The entire chassis is thick cast aluminum, but that does not get the heat out of the finals efficiently enough. To make matters worse, the tiny cooling fan has a very small, and restrictive air inlet area, which is on the rear panel where the hot exit air is hanging around, waiting to be sucked back in. My fix was to remove the speaker and go with an external one. I do that anyway. This leaves a nice air inlet next to the fan area. Now I can run full tilt without this goofy problem. Other than that, I have no gripes with the rig. BTW, the free Yaesu control pgm does not store the menu settings to a file. The pgm Win4Yaesu does this and more, and is well worth the $60. They have the same pgm for the new Icoms, too. Enjoy your new rigs. Life is good!

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From: gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of MARK GOTTLIEB
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2018 5:14 PM
To: GLOUCESTER CLUB
Subject: [GCARC] IC-7300 + 100 WATTS AT W2MMD & KX3 + 10 WATTS

Band was a little on the quiet side.  Not much activity but the new rig is working great with the antenna.  Two of the US contacts #2 and #3 were with the KX3 at 10 watts.



1        2018-12-15       22:08    PV8AL    20m      14.180   SSB      FJ92ns             Brazil   HELIO DE OLIVEIRA ALVES
2        2018-12-15       21:48    NØTMY    20m      14.305   SSB      DN98IG20                   United States    THOMAS P CULVER
3        2018-12-15       21:37    NC6R     20m      14.241   SSB      CM98pl             United States    Steve Allred
4        2018-12-15       21:07    E51DWC   17m      18.145   SSB      BG08cs             South Cook Islands       Milan OK1DWC
5        2018-12-15       20:44    HC5DX    17m      18.124   SSB      FI08np             Ecuador  David Sturm
6        2018-12-15       20:40    A22LL    20m      14.188   SSB      KG24to             Botswana         Schalk Van Vuuren
7        2018-12-15       20:39    ZS2PA    20m      14.181   SSB      KF26RG03                   South Africa     Andrew Prideaux
8        2018-12-15       19:21    WB2BMC   17m      18.140   SSB      DM26IF14                   United States    PHILIP J FIOL
9        2018-12-15       19:04    ZD7FT    17m      18.130   SSB      IH74db             St Helena Island         Peter Constantine
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