[ICOM] Icom 7300 and 7100 on FT8

[Jim Wilhite]

John,

Mostly that statement by Kenwood is a disclaimer.
Given some people might want to use a Atari or who knows what to interface 
with the radio, they are simply saying some people can have troubles.

I have my 7300 interfaced with USB and the only latency I see is on the 
spectrum display and it is minor.  The decoding and encoding is not a 
problem.  I doubt you will have troubles with the TS 590.

73,

Jim
W5JO


-----Original Message----- 
From: John Geiger
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 11:00 AM
To: Mark Spencer ; ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom 7300 and 7100 on FT8

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the information. Glad to hear it works ok that way.

73 John AF5CC

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 10:54 AM, Mark Spencer via Icom <
icom at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I have successsfully used my IC7300 with FT8, MSK144 and other digital
> modes via the USB port.
>
> 73
> Mark S
> VE7AFZ
> --------------------------------------------
> 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
>  ----
>  Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC: icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
>  Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316
>  MHz
>  Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>  To support QSL/QTH.net: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
> ----
> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC: icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
> Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
> Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
> To support QSL/QTH.net: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
----
Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC: icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
To support QSL/QTH.net: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html