[ICOM] Icom 7300 and 7100 on FT8

[Bob Nielsen]

I'm planning on using my 7100 with two RemoteRig devices and an internet 
connection to the remote location.  These have a facility for handling 
CW but I suspect FT8 may be a problem.  I'll have things set up soon and 
will have to check it out.

73, Bob N7XY


On 2/27/18 8:54 AM, Mark Spencer via Icom 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
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