[ICOM] Icom 7300 and 7100 on FT8

[Mark Spencer]

I have successsfully used my IC7300 with FT8, MSK144 and other digital modes via the USB port.

73
Mark S
VE7AFZ
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On Tue, 2/27/18, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: [ICOM] Icom 7300 and 7100 on FT8
 To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
 Received: Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 7:38 AM
 
 I have been looking around at radios that let
 you rig control and the
 digital modes through a USB cable,
 thinking that would simplify things in
 the shack.  One radio I looked at
 was the Kenwood TS590.  It will do this,
 but the manual does
 
  "Delays may occur when using USB audio
 and, depending on the load and
 performance of the computer, breaks may
 occur in the audio.We recommend
 using USB audio in situations where
 time lag is not an issue, such as data
 communications or when recording audio
 onto a computer."
 
 To me that makes it sound like time
 critical modes, like FT8, might not
 work very well using this method.
 
 Do the Icom 7300 and 7100 seem to have
 this issue?  Are people using these
 rigs successfully on FT8 using the USB
 jack for digital modes?
 
 73 John AF5CC
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