One of the most important characteristics of a radio for FD is its
ability to play well with others. I have heard that the IC7300 does not.
The low cost Kenwood radios have, in general, been second best to the K3
and KX3 in that regard. Deficiencies of the Icom and Yaesu rigs are lots
of clicks and phase noise, and many of the Yaesu rigs have terrible
splatter on SSB.
Since the introduction of the K4, there have been a lot of K3s in good
shape selling for bargain prices. I recently bought an early vintage K3
with second RX, 5 8-pole filters, a P3/SVGA, and power meter for $2K
from a member of our contest club to have as a spare. Two weeks ago, the
P3/SVGA replaced the one in my primary station whose SVGA board had
failed. The K3 replaced a K3 that had gotten its RX fried during a CQP
county expedition. Both worked perfectly. I haven't need the power meter
yet.
The K3 is, by far, the best FD/expedition rig I've ever seen/used. Our
county expedition and FD team typically does three of these events a
year, and the newest of them is ten years old. Other than a couple of
SVGA boards, the only failures have been due to our failure to rig
antennas well enough to keep the RF of one rig out of the other's RX.
And we run KPA500s on the two stations in W6GJB's county expedition
trailer.
73, Jim K9YC
On 10/8/2022 10:32 PM, [email protected] wrote:
I know it won't compare to my Elecraft rigs, but for my use, it may be OK.
For those of you who have used the IC-7300 for CW, I would like to hear your
comments.
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