I acknowledge that the 7300 is one of the most important radios to have ever been launched! It was (and remains) ground-breaking in terms of what it offers at its particular price point. Well hey, you aren't buying it, so don't worry about it, LOL.
This isn't a dig at 7300 Owners! This, I guess, is a dig at those people who see fit to criticise someone else for investing in a radio which they don't deem to be worth buying. When fully licenced, you can operate the radio from ANYWHERE! This adds a whole new element to operating - I can get out of the shack and sit in the garden or conservatory, etc.
RS BA1 REMOTE MEMORY VFO SOFTWARE
The remote operation is a really nice feature and I've already got the RC-28 plug-in VFO and the RS-BA1 software (V2). With my limited capacity to erect antennas, I need the best possible receiver performance and the quietest floor level to help me to get the best performance from my dipoles and end-feds. I can experiment with all the HF bands, all the different modes including Digital, run FT-8 on one receiver whilst running SSB on the other, etc, etc. Hopefully, it will give me many years of service and entertainment. It has absolutely everything I want and need. Anyway, I have my IC-7100 and DR-735 for VHF/UHF (not to mention an FT3 and D74). I don't want to pay £1,800 to talk to " Johnny in Wigan". Well if those two radios were the same price, that suggestion might have had some merit, but the 9700 is a staggering £1,800 and I'd rather put the big bucks into the HF side. Someone else suggested that I should have spent my money ' more wisely' and bought the 7300 and the matching 9700. I don't want to be restricted by a radio a year or two down the line. The 73 are both fabulous radios and considering that I'm relatively new to the hobby, it may appear that I've gone for the wrong radio, but I invested in the 7610 because I am new and because I'm constantly learning. The extra real-estate means that it can accommodate some useful physical buttons that the 7300 cannot - such as the BAND buttons and handy RECORD & PLAY buttons. It's a good size, without being overly large. The radio has a very "top drawer" feel to it and doesn't give you the impression that it was built to a price.
RS BA1 REMOTE MEMORY VFO PC
The USB-2 socket on the rear panel is split into 2Virtual Com ports which is useful for RTTY (FSK) using just one cable.Īdditionally, the 7610 has a built-in Timer function, Dual Clocks (Local & UTC) and Solid State T/R Switching.įinally, the 7610 has a built-in Server and a LAN port which makes it perfect for remote control operation without the need to have an active PC connected to the radio! The 7610 also has 2 USB sockets on the front panel which can be used for a variety of things including memory-sticks, an RC-28 VFO, a mouse, a keyboard, etc.
RS BA1 REMOTE MEMORY VFO PLUS
It has 2ACC sockets, 2 USB sockets on the rear panel, 2 external speaker jacks, a socket for external meter and a socket for external keypad, plus a remote socket. The 7610 screen is almost 2xthe size, It has a DVI-D socket to feed an external monitor to expand the display. It has 2 HF Antenna Ports, it has 4 BNC ports for RX-Out, RX-In, REF-In and TRANSVERTER. For a start it has 2 INDEPENDENT RECEIVERS. The fact is, the 7610 is a different radio to the 7300. I don't go around explaining to the owners that they could have had 3 KIA Sportage 4WD for the same money! Some lucky people drive around in £75k Range Rover 4WD. I just wish they were happy for me too :-) That's fine for many people - it does everything they want and more. The 7300 is a Icom's entry-level SDR transceiver and as fabulous as it is, it's still entry-level. There is no denying that the 7610 is an expensive radio, but there's no point in comparing it with the fact that it's 3X the price of Icom's entry-level SDR transceiver. Well yes, I could, but then all I'd have is three 7300's and where's the sense in that? Hmm, I've not had the radio two minutes and I've already been told a few times that I could have bought three 7300's for the price of the 7610.
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