I was tearing my hair out trying to get a step-by-step guide that had pretty much everything in one place. I wanted to pass along a few things that might help you speed up your learning curve. I don't consider myself an expert, but I am now making QSO's with no major troubles.ġ.
Before plugging anything in, you will need Icom's driver for your computer. After installing it, I suggest a restart of your Windows machine. Here is that driver (and check for the newest, as Windows 10 has caused issues with updates and older drivers):Ģ.
You'll need a USB cable to go from the Icom 7300 to your computer. I used an old printer cable, as the Icom end of that cable fit that style. Don't plug it into your computer until you have completed step 1.ģ. Download and install the FLDIGI software to your computer. It's free, and can be found a few places. I followed someone else's Youtube video about set-up, and found his settings to be pretty good. Back out of the menu, then press the MULTI dial, and turn your COMP off.RTTY Decode Baud Rate: 19200 (this is greyed-out).CIV (touch it once - these settings are important for Ham Radio Deluxe, but I don't think for FLDIGI - will add what I have, currently).EXTERNAL KEYPAD (I didn't change these, but all under that submenu are off).Set all of the menu settings under CONNECTORS to the following: Here is what I changed settings to on the Icom 7300:ĭ. Set your RF POWER level to 50%, or below, for most digital work (you may want your monitor off, or on very low, as well.It must be OFF in digital modes, or you will splatter to high heaven, and anger other hams. This is the default for most digital modes. To do this, touch the blue USB (or LSB) icon on your 7300 screen. If you haven't done so, plug the USB cable into your radio, and the computer (Icom USB software must be installed first, as noted in step 1).You might need to toggle from LSB into USB, and then DATA, until you reach USB-D.
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