USB MOD Level
to adjust the ALC, which should be about 2/3 in the red when transmitting.This page describes how to adjust the settings on the IC-7300 to use digital modes like FT8, JS8, or Winlink. To make it convenient to switch between digital and voice, we use an SD Card to save the settings and load them up when needed.
So before doing anything, let's backup the current settings in case something goes wrong:
SD Card
Format
the card. This will erase everything on the card.
Save Setting
→ New File
→ Pick a file name.
Later on, these settings can be applied using the Load Setting
option.
Now that the settings are backed up, lets tweak a few things.
VA7FI has the following settings on his radio. The settings in light grey are there for reference only and can be different, but the settings in black should probably match.
Digital | Voice | |
MENU → SET → Connectors : |
||
ACC/USB Output Select | AF | |
ACC/USB AF Output Level | 40% | 50% |
ACC/USB AF SQL | OFF (Open) | |
ACC/USB AF Beep Speech... Output | OFF | |
ACC/USB IF Output level | 50% | |
ACC MOD Level | 50% | |
USB MOD Level | 35%‒40%1) | 50% |
DATA OFF MOD | MIC/ACC | |
DATA MOD | USB | |
MENU → SET → Connectors → CI-V : |
||
CI-V Baud Rate | Auto | |
CI-V Address | Note it | N/A |
CI-V Transceive | ON | |
CI-V USB→Remote Tx Address | N/A | |
CI-V Output (for ANT) | OFF | |
CI-V USB Port | Link to [REMOTE] | |
MENU → SET → Connectors : |
||
USB Serial Function | CI-V | |
MENU → SET → Connectors → USB SEND Keying : |
||
USB SEND | RTS | OFF |
USB Keying (CW) | OFF | |
USB Keying (RTTY) | OFF | |
Inhibit Timer at USB Connection | ON |
Next, we adjust the filter width:
FIL1
(or FIL2
or FIL3
) button at the top of the screen (above the frequency) and select FIL1
.
FIL1
(yes, the same button as before).
BW
button and turn the VFO
knob until it says “3.6k”
TWIN PBT
knobs (top left) to adjust the boundaries to 600 and 2600 (even though the picture shows 650 and 3400).2)
FIL1
again to also customize FIL2
and FIL3
in the same fashion.
SCOPE
, METER
, etc)
Let's now set settings that will be specific to the voice and digital modes.
Start by adjusting all the settings in the Voice column:
Mode | Digital | Voice |
---|---|---|
Defaut Frequency | 7.078.00 USB-D | 3.729.00 LSB |
MUTI (select and turn the knob) | ||
RF POWER | 30% | 100% |
MIC GAIN | 40% | |
COMP | N/A | ON 4 |
MONITOR | ON 12% | OFF 12% |
FUNCTION | ||
P.AMP ATT | OFF | |
AGC | OFF | MID |
NOTCH | OFF | |
NB | OFF | Depends |
NR | OFF | Depends |
IP+ | OFF | |
VOX | OFF | |
COMP | N/A | ON |
1/4 | OFF | WIDE |
MONI | ON | OFF |
1Voice
Before we set the digital settings, move on to the next section and come back here after.
For digital modes, we don't want any ACG:
AGC
button.
FAST
button and turn the VFO knob until it reads OFF
.
MID
to 0.3s and the SLOW
to 2.0s.
SCOPE
, or METER
, or ...
Now that the ACG is set, go back to the previous section and apply the settings in the Digital column. When complete, save to the SD card under the name 2Digital
.
To load the settings: MENU → SET
→ SD Card
→ Load Setting
→ 1Voice
or 2Digital
→ ALL
→ YES
and restart.
Before connecting the radio the computer, the driver needs to be installed:
USB Driver
Model Name
column
I have read
box and Download
CD-301501-00x.zip
CD-301501-004\Driver\Win10\CP210xVCPInstaller_x64.exe
Your computer may request to reboot (or not). Once done, you should see the following in your Device Manager
:
USB MOD Level
to adjust the ALC, which should be about 2/3 in the red when transmitting.