- #IC 7800 SETUP WITH MICROHAM MKII MANUAL#
- #IC 7800 SETUP WITH MICROHAM MKII PLUS#
- #IC 7800 SETUP WITH MICROHAM MKII SERIES#
#IC 7800 SETUP WITH MICROHAM MKII MANUAL#
I would not recommend transmitting until the manual had been consulted - Would you? Physical size of the IC7800 is quite a lot bigger than the 756 but the desk had plenty of room to accomodate.Īnyone familiar with ICOM 756 will have no trouble setting up the 7800 out of the box, without the manual. I unpacked the radio once at home and set it up in place of the ICOM IC756 Pro3. The outer box is very big, however we did manage to load it into my car with the rear seat folded down. I collected the radio from the dealer myself, rather than have another carrier handling the goods. I have owned the radio since December 2007.Īs everyone seems to report, the radio came very well packaged from ICOM. I have tried not to rush in to writing this review, as first impressions are not the complete story. Perhaps my biggest concern about IC-7800 ownership was how long would ICOM continue to provide service for this transceiver? Without the necessary replacement parts the IC-7850 can easily turn into an expensive doorstop.Įventually the IC-7850 and IC-7851 came out with improved RMDR specs, along with a much brighter screen. Two years later my IC-7800 was collecting dust so I sold it now use my Flex transceiver pretty much exclusively, although I do also own a IC-7300. I purchased a Flex-6700 but also kept my IC-7800 because I wasn't 100% convinced yet that I wanted to shed the 'knob & button' type rigs.
#IC 7800 SETUP WITH MICROHAM MKII PLUS#
Cost was a bit over $1,000 plus shipping/insurance costs both ways. I only had to send my IC-7800 back for repair once for a board replacement. And since this is a very heavy transceiver, shipping and insurance to ship it back for repair can be costly, and repairs can also be costly.
#IC 7800 SETUP WITH MICROHAM MKII SERIES#
Also the IC-7800 has limited spectrum display settings, although this issue wasn't apparent until I purchased a Flex 6xxx series transceiver. First, it's display always seemed too dim (even with settings turned all the way up). It performed excellent for its day, with almost lab test instrument precision. dealers, and pricing should be available soon. There is even a separate preamp and mixer for the 6 meter band. It features two identical, fully independent, receiver circuits. The radio features an IP3 of +40dBm and 110db dynamic range. It utilizes four separate 32-bit floating point TI DSP chips, has a 7-inch wide TFT display, built in RTTY/PSK31 receive and transmit using a USB Keyboard interface, plus compact flash technology. ICOM believes it is the most advanced amateur radio ever developed. The ICOM 7800 HF/6M was first introduced at the Dayton Hamvention 2003. Probably overkill, but I really want to avoid plosive sounds.EMail SubscriptionRegistered users are allowed to subscribe to specific review topics and receive eMail notifications when new reviews are posted. I use a couple of microphone pop shields. There is always room for further adjustment in the tone controls on the processor and in the IC-7300, but for now, I think I’ll stick with this. I think that these settings are a good compromise between a ragchew audio and a DX audio. I was talking with EA8OB in the Canary Islands. You can hear the above settings in action in this audio file recorded by Peter, AG5DB on his IC-7300. My ALC is connected to the amplifier though, just in case, via an ARB-704. These settings don’t cause any issues when using a linear amplifier, provided it’s driven an appropriate level. In the case that anyone does actually like what they hear on the air from me – here follows my transmit audio setup and settings. The only modification I did was to place a 10♟/16V electrolytic capacitor in line with the 3.5mm audio jack inside the UR6QW processor to remove any electret bias voltage from the dynamic microphone. I use a Behringer XM8500 microphone, which is then passed through a UR6QW 8-band EQ, noise gate, and compressor, before finally being delivered to the front microphone connector on the IC-7300. Even though I am told I have a face for radio, maybe I’ve just not got a voice for radio? It seems though, I’m never happy with my transmit audio settings. With a little tailoring to your voice tone, it can give excellent results. The IC-7300 has very good transmit audio out of the box, with the stock microphone.