Icom IC-7300 Instruction Manual basic - Page 6

TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT i FEATURES i EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS i SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES i FCC INFORMATION ii TRADEMARKS ii DISPOSAL ii ABOUT THE TOUCH SCREEN iii DDTouch operation iii DDTouch screen precautions iii DDTouch screen maintenance iii ABOUT THE SUPPLIED CD iii ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONS iv PRECAUTIONS vii 1 PANEL DESCRIPTION 1-1 Front panel 1-1 Rear panel 1-3 Touch panel display 1-4 DDMulti-function menus 1-6 DDMENU screen 1-6 DDFUNCTION screen 1-6 DDQUICK MENU 1-6 Keyboard entering and editing 1-7 DDEntering and editing characters 1-7 DDKeyboard types 1-7 DDEntering and editing 1-7 DDEntering and editing example 1-8 2 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 2-1 Selecting a location 2-1 Front panel connection 2-1 Heat dissipation 2-1 Grounding 2-1 Rear panel connection 2-2 Connecting an external DC power supply ........ 2-3 Connecting the antenna tuner 2-3 3 BASIC OPERATION 3-1 When first applying power 3-1 Turning power ON or OFF 3-1 Adjusting the volume level 3-1 About the VFO and Memory modes 3-1 Using the VFO mode 3-1 DDSelecting the VFO A or VFO B 3-1 DDEqualizing VFO A and VFO B 3-1 Selecting the operating band 3-2 DDUsing the band stacking registers 3-2 Selecting the operating mode 3-2 Setting the frequency 3-3 DDUsing the Main Dial 3-3 DDAbout the Tuning Step function 3-3 DDChanging the Tuning Step 3-3 DDAbout the 1 Hz step Fine Tuning function... 3-3 DDAbout the 1/4 Tuning function 3-4 DDAbout the Auto Tuning Step function.......... 3-4 DDDirectly entering a frequency 3-4 DDBand Edge Beep 3-5 v DDEntering a Band Edge 3-6 RF gain and SQL level 3-9 Dial Lock function 3-9 Basic transmission 3-9 Adjusting the transmit output power 3-9 DDAdjusting the transmit output power........... 3-9 Meter display 3-10 DDMeter display selection 3-10 DDMulti-function meter 3-10 Adjusting the microphone gain 3-10 About the 5 MHz frequency band operation (USA version only 3-11 4 RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING 4-1 Preamplifiers 4-1 Attenuator 4-1 RIT function 4-1 DDRIT monitor function 4-1 AGC function control 4-2 DDSelecting the AGC time constant preset value 4-2 DDSetting the AGC time constant 4-2 Using the Twin PBT 4-3 Selecting the IF filter 4-4 Selecting the IF filter shape 4-4 IP Plus function 4-5 Noise Blanker 4-5 DDAdjusting the NB level and time 4-5 Noise Reduction 4-6 DDAdjusting the Noise Reduction level........... 4-6 Notch Filter 4-6 DDAuto Notch function 4-6 DDManual Notch function 4-6 VOX function 4-7 DDAdjusting the VOX function 4-7 DDTurning ON the VOX function 4-7 ∂TX function 4-8 DD∂TX monitor function 4-8 Monitor function 4-8 Setting the Speech Compressor 4-9 Split frequency operation 4-10 DDUsing the Quick Split function 4-10 DDUsing the receive and transmit frequencies set to VFO A and VFO B.......4-10 Split Lock function 4-11 Setting the transmit filter width 4-11 Operating CW 4-11 DDSetting the CW pitch control 4-11 DDSetting the key speed 4-12 DDAbout the Break-in function 4-12 DDCW Auto Tuning function 4-13 DDAbout the CW Reverse mode 4-13 DDElectronic Keyer function 4-14 DDMonitoring the CW side tone 4-14