{"id":19974,"date":"2016-07-05T07:39:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T11:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=19974"},"modified":"2016-07-05T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T23:37:09","slug":"daves-review-of-the-icom-ic-7300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/daves-review-of-the-icom-ic-7300\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave’s review of the Icom IC-7300"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Icom-IC-7300-Front\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who shares a link to his excellent<\/em> review of the Icom IC-7300:<\/p>\n

Click here to read Dave’s review.<\/a><\/p>\n

I can tell Dave has put a lot<\/em> of time and thought in this evaluation of the IC-7300–it’s a worthy\u00a0read, especially if you’re considering an IC-7300 yourself.<\/p>\n

Overall, Dave’s impressions of the ‘7300 are similar to mine (click here to read my ‘7300 review<\/a>). The IC-7300\u00a0is a great rig\u00a0and (though there are a few minor tweaks needed) the general coverage receiver is sensitive and selective enough to satisfy even the seasoned SWL DXer. Dave even pits the ‘7300 against the\u00a0WJ-8711A commercial receiver.<\/a><\/p>\n

Note\u00a0Mike commented in a previous post<\/a> that the IC-7300 had difficulty coping with the RF-dense environment of Field Day, but in truth, that is one of the most difficult environments for any ham radio transceiver.<\/p>\n

If you own an IC-7300 and have any comments or impressions, please share them with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who shares a link to his excellent review of the Icom IC-7300: Click here to read Dave’s review. I can tell Dave has put a lot of time and thought in this evaluation of the IC-7300–it’s a worthy\u00a0read, especially if you’re considering an IC-7300 yourself. Overall, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,129,43],"tags":[2584,4157,4158,5073,3198],"class_list":["post-19974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dave-zantow-n9ewo","tag-ic-7300","tag-icom-ic-7300","tag-icom-ic-7300-review","tag-n9ewo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5ca","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29291,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/dave-notes-black-friday-deals-on-the-icom-ic-r8600-and-ic-7300\/","url_meta":{"origin":19974,"position":0},"title":"Dave notes “Black Friday” deals on the Icom IC-R8600 and IC-7300","author":"Thomas","date":"November 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who notes that Ham Radio Outlet has a \"Back Friday\" special on both the Icom IC-7300 transceiver ($999.95 with shipping after rebate) and the IC-R8600 wideband receiver ($2,299.95 with shipping). 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Several of you have asked if I anticipate reviewing the IC-7300--Icom doesn't\u00a0issue many loaners\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Icom-IC-7300-Front","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Icom-IC-7300-Front-1024x486.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Icom-IC-7300-Front-1024x486.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Icom-IC-7300-Front-1024x486.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22355,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/holiday-deals-sdrplay-rsp1-and-icom-ic-7300-at-hro\/","url_meta":{"origin":19974,"position":3},"title":"Holiday Deals: SDRplay RSP1 and Icom IC-7300 at HRO","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday,\u00a0after\u00a0SDRplay announced the new RSP2 software defined receiver, HRO included the original RSP (the RSP1) in their holiday \"Pre-Sale Specials\" and lowered the price to $119.95. 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