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  • Breathing new life in to an old IC-1700

    From M0WWS@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 23 04:03:37 2023
    Soldered a £25 SDR dongle to its 1st I.F. to make a panadapter bandscope that knocks spots off the IC-7300's one:

    https://youtu.be/0GXBs06Ep5I

    Software: SDR Console
    Hardware: ICOM IC-7100 with a Nooelec NESDR SMart RTL-SDR

    --
    73deM0WWS
    https://www.youtube.com/@M0WWS

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  • From Brian Morrison@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Apr 23 17:16:02 2023
    On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 04:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
    M0WWS <[email protected]> wrote:

    Soldered a £25 SDR dongle to its 1st I.F. to make a panadapter
    bandscope that knocks spots off the IC-7300's one:

    https://youtu.be/0GXBs06Ep5I

    Software: SDR Console
    Hardware: ICOM IC-7100 with a Nooelec NESDR SMart RTL-SDR

    I can't imagine how you can describe an IC-7100 as 'old'. It's still
    shown as a current model on the Icom site.

    --

    Brian Morrison

    "I am not young enough to know everything"
    Oscar Wilde

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  • From jim.gm4dhj@21:1/5 to Brian Morrison on Mon Apr 24 07:28:07 2023
    On 23/04/2023 17:16, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 04:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
    M0WWS <[email protected]> wrote:

    Soldered a £25 SDR dongle to its 1st I.F. to make a panadapter
    bandscope that knocks spots off the IC-7300's one:

    https://youtu.be/0GXBs06Ep5I

    Software: SDR Console
    Hardware: ICOM IC-7100 with a Nooelec NESDR SMart RTL-SDR

    I can't imagine how you can describe an IC-7100 as 'old'. It's still
    shown as a current model on the Icom site.

    old junk what with its big problems

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  • From jim.gm4dhj@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 24 09:16:39 2023
    On 24/04/2023 07:28, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
    On 23/04/2023 17:16, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 04:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
    M0WWS <[email protected]> wrote:

    Soldered a £25 SDR dongle to its 1st I.F. to make a panadapter
    bandscope that knocks spots off the IC-7300's one:

    https://youtu.be/0GXBs06Ep5I

    Software:  SDR Console
    Hardware: ICOM IC-7100 with a Nooelec NESDR SMart RTL-SDR

    I can't imagine how you can describe an IC-7100 as 'old'. It's still
    shown as a current model on the Icom site.

    old junk what with its big problems
    looks like a bedside alarm clock

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  • From Brian Morrison@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Apr 24 15:02:51 2023
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:28:07 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 23/04/2023 17:16, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 04:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
    M0WWS <[email protected]> wrote:

    Soldered a £25 SDR dongle to its 1st I.F. to make a panadapter
    bandscope that knocks spots off the IC-7300's one:

    https://youtu.be/0GXBs06Ep5I

    Software: SDR Console
    Hardware: ICOM IC-7100 with a Nooelec NESDR SMart RTL-SDR

    I can't imagine how you can describe an IC-7100 as 'old'. It's still
    shown as a current model on the Icom site.

    old junk what with its big problems

    What are its problems Jim?

    --

    Brian Morrison

    "I am not young enough to know everything"
    Oscar Wilde

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  • From jim.gm4dhj@21:1/5 to Brian Morrison on Mon Apr 24 15:17:33 2023
    On 24/04/2023 15:02, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:28:07 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 23/04/2023 17:16, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 04:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
    M0WWS <[email protected]> wrote:

    Soldered a £25 SDR dongle to its 1st I.F. to make a panadapter
    bandscope that knocks spots off the IC-7300's one:

    https://youtu.be/0GXBs06Ep5I

    Software: SDR Console
    Hardware: ICOM IC-7100 with a Nooelec NESDR SMart RTL-SDR

    I can't imagine how you can describe an IC-7100 as 'old'. It's still
    shown as a current model on the Icom site.

    old junk what with its big problems

    What are its problems Jim?

    has the dead mini 7300 clock batttery as well as a big 2030.....talk
    power rubbish....overshoot on tx

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  • From Brian Morrison@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Apr 24 15:47:29 2023
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:17:33 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 24/04/2023 15:02, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:28:07 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 23/04/2023 17:16, Brian Morrison wrote:
    [...]
    [...]
    [...]
    old junk what with its big problems

    What are its problems Jim?

    has the dead mini 7300 clock batttery as well as a big 2030.....talk
    power rubbish....overshoot on tx

    Big 2030?

    --

    Brian Morrison

    "I am not young enough to know everything"
    Oscar Wilde

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  • From jim.gm4dhj@21:1/5 to Brian Morrison on Mon Apr 24 19:38:05 2023
    On 24/04/2023 15:47, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:17:33 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 24/04/2023 15:02, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:28:07 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 23/04/2023 17:16, Brian Morrison wrote:
    [...]
    [...]
    [...]
    old junk what with its big problems

    What are its problems Jim?

    has the dead mini 7300 clock batttery as well as a big 2030.....talk
    power rubbish....overshoot on tx

    Big 2030?

    sorry cr2032

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  • From jim.gm4dhj@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 24 19:41:38 2023
    On 24/04/2023 19:38, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
    On 24/04/2023 15:47, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:17:33 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 24/04/2023 15:02, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:28:07 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 23/04/2023 17:16, Brian Morrison wrote:
      [...]
      [...]
      [...]
    old junk what with its big problems

    What are its problems Jim?
    has the dead mini 7300 clock batttery as well as a big 2030.....talk
    power rubbish....overshoot on tx

    Big 2030?

    sorry cr2032

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjDSxKComuE&t=209s

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  • From jim.gm4dhj@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 24 19:44:33 2023
    On 24/04/2023 19:38, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
    On 24/04/2023 15:47, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:17:33 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 24/04/2023 15:02, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:28:07 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 23/04/2023 17:16, Brian Morrison wrote:
      [...]
      [...]
      [...]
    old junk what with its big problems

    What are its problems Jim?
    has the dead mini 7300 clock batttery as well as a big 2030.....talk
    power rubbish....overshoot on tx

    Big 2030?

    sorry cr2032
    or not

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  • From M0WWS@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 24 13:23:16 2023
    On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 7:44:35 PM UTC+1, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
    On 24/04/2023 19:38, jim.gm4dhj wrote:
    On 24/04/2023 15:47, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:17:33 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 24/04/2023 15:02, Brian Morrison wrote:
    On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:28:07 +0100
    "jim.gm4dhj" <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 23/04/2023 17:16, Brian Morrison wrote:
    [...]
    [...]
    [...]
    old junk what with its big problems

    What are its problems Jim?
    has the dead mini 7300 clock batttery as well as a big 2030.....talk
    power rubbish....overshoot on tx

    Big 2030?

    sorry cr2032
    or not

    I love its small form factor - you can hold it literally in the palm of your hand (the head unit that is). It has modern enough remote control S/W that works on Win10 - handy for the holiday home, it runs a cool 100 watts 50:50 duty cycle 24hrs a day, it'
    s got a USB soundcard interface, it's got a USB comms port interface, an SD-Card to play and record QSO audio with time, freq and mode, it's got GPS, DigitalARPS, D-STAR, it's all band, it's all mode, inc RTTY decode.

    All that's missing is a fish finder. https://kv5r.com/ham-radio/2018-projects/7100-panadapter/

    --
    73deM0WWS
    https://www.qrz.com/db/M0WWS

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