Saturday, September 30, 2017

 An introduction to the Kenwood SM-220 Station Monitor. A viewer asked for a video that goes more in depth with the SM-200, pertaining to hook up and control usage. The first in a series about envelop displays, trapezoid displays, how to set your microphone gain, and how to check your linearity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1qNmwxMGg0
 How to resolve a couple of common issues with connecting your PC to the IC-7300. Quick information on setting CI-V parameters, like baud rate, and port. Also, some details on how to prevent the radio from going into transmit as soon as the PC is connected.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLqc3YrMqdk
 Do you have an Icom IC-7300, and a manual tuner, but no CW key? If so, here is a quick way to get the IC-7300 to transmit CW, using only the mic. This method does not require the use of a dongle for the tuner connection, leaving you with the ability to use an automatic tuner between the radio and amplifier, and still be able to use the manual tuner after the amplifier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3JESy8t9co
Getting to the band scope, setting the band scope to full screen, configuring band edges, and how to display your transmitted signal in the waterfall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkrqb4ATfH4
This video covers recording and naming voice TX memories. Also how to transmit a voice memory once, how to loop the voice memory, and how to change the delay between transmissions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EacgVQY4FLQ
There are some common issues with the Icom IC-7300, that are easily resolved, if you know what settings have been modified. This video covers some of the common issues and presents solutions on how to resolve them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43M-CJgnuGk
Been a while since I have posted... so here we go. I have been creating and posting some videos on YouTube, with regard to using the Icom IC-7300 HF+6m transceiver. I'll post up the individual videos as I go, but I have also made a playlist, which I will keep updated, that also contains the IC-7300 videos. Please check it out, and let me know if you have any questions or comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUi31OrTzYw&list=PLYR-r5X6rVA4w2tcfanfoXLnoHB5Ep8wk