A good 100w Base Station?

[prcguy]

Wait, I’ve heard that voice before! Not from my amateur radio days, but from long long ago. From a darker and rougher time…Citizen’s Band! It’s you! The man with the most on the west coast! Forty-four fo shore!

I must have been coming in wall to wall, tree top tall, so crystal clear I was transparent, come on! That's about all I could get out before the coax smoked.

 

[eorange]

I had a FT-1000D for many years and now I have the 7300. For my operation both transceivers worked well, and each has different reasons for loving them.

 

[rdacorte]

My problem as a novice is that I buy the Icom 7300 or Yaesu 991a. It would be my first equipment but I like both HF, VHF and UHF

 

[redbeard]

My problem as a novice is that I buy the Icom 7300 or Yaesu 991a. It would be my first equipment but I like both HF, VHF and UHF

Lots of folks like the 7300, we had 3 going at field day this year. Someone complained about the 991 and it's convoluted settings to get digital modes working.

 

[rf_patriot200]

Lots of folks like the 7300, we had 3 going at field day this year. Someone complained about the 991 and it's convoluted settings to get digital modes working.

It's Very easy to use Wires X on the 991A and it can be done thru your desktop, or thru any repeater with c4fm. I've had mine for 3 years.

 

[vagrant]

Lots of folks like the 7300, we had 3 going at field day this year. Someone complained about the 991 and it's convoluted settings to get digital modes working.

I am in agreement about the 991A convoluted settings for a digital mode like FT8, PSK31, etc. I am aware of several different methods/settings operators are using. That is bizarre to me as I would think it would be the same settings for all. My 991A is dialed in and works fine with FT8, but it was not an "easy" route. @rf_patriot200 - Yaesu Fusion is easy, but that's not the digital modes redbeard was noting.

@rdacorte - I like my 991A. If I did not enjoy participating in the ARRL VHF contest several times each year I would not have purchase one. I might have purchased the Icom 7300, or either the Yaesu 710 or DX10. Seriously, if I did not enjoy that contest as a means to test/analyze my different antennas while using phone and digital modes, I would not have purchased a shack-in-the-box radio. 2m and 70cm SSB is not something I use outside of that contest, even with a very popular 2m SSB net in my area. At home I use a Yaesu FTM-300 mobile for VHF/UHF and the 991A for HF/6m. I let the FTM-300 scan the freqs in memory while I enjoy some phone or FT8 on the 991.

Anyways, I'm waiting to see what old man Kenwood may show up with at the Tokyo Ham Fair at the end of August. I am curious if Icom will have a successor to the 7100 as well. Time will tell, but not holding my breath. Still, Icom may F'it up with their RF power dial and guess the watts coming out.

 

[John_S]

After running a Yaesu FT-710 here for several months, I can easily give it both thumbs up. I live in a rather noisy operating environment and it's been the best radio I've had at dealing with noise. 100 watts, very capable built in tuner, excellent display, fairly easy to use once familiar...what's not to like. Some people ***** and moan about the menu, but honestly, most of your settings are in initial set up, and most anything else is accessible with one button push. With all the features, along with newer technology versus the 7300, and a very reasonable price point, it's a no brainer.

 

[AK9R]

along with newer technology versus the 7300

What newer technology does the FT-710 have?

 

[John_S]

What newer technology does the FT-710 have?

The 7300 is several years older and you can't tell me that there isn't an improvement in SDR tech in that time period.

 

[AK9R]

I want to know what those improvements are. You can't just say it uses "newer technology" without telling us what that newer technology is.

 

[W4AXW]

Having owned a FT-710 for over a year now I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. Great RX (no matter what the Sherwood ranking is or how it was arrived at), with good, easy to adjust filtering. Excellent TX audio with equalizer type adjustments. Good display with easy to access/use menu. Simple to add an inexpensive DVI display monitor. Firmware is easy to update from Yaesu's website.
After a bit of practice it's not at all difficult to use. To me the biggest perk is the quality of the receive and filtering, it's helped me hear stations I couldn't before, in a noisy QRM environment. For a little over a $grand it's a helluva rig. Certainly a match for the 7300 and IMO higher quality receive.

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[TAC4]

IC-7300 all day long and I am not even a ham. Every once in a while
a radio will become a game changer and the IC-7300 is one of them
and will become a classic. The Sony ICF-2010 was one and
the SDRplay was another at least in the listening hobby.

 

[KJ5DYS]

New Ham here...got my Technician in Jan '24 and General in March '24. I bought a small Retevis RT95 for 2m/70cm and got my feet wet with VHF/UHF, but what I was really after is HF SSB, mainly 20m and 40m, with 80m a possibility but I'm antenna restricted. I was able to place a 40m OCFD though. So, the hunt for my first HF began. I compared a BUNCH of radios. I bought a Yaesu FTDX-10. For features and capability, just couldn't match it, especially with the discounts from Yaesu, HRO, and an additional $200 mail in rebate (which I received 2 weeks later), I got my FTDX-10 for $1150.00. I'm extremely happy with this radio and the 40m OCFD as my first HF Rig. I've made SSB QSO's from Bulgaria, Germany, Finland, South America...I'm only 7 states away from WAS US 50. Since I saved so much on the radio ($600) I splurged on the M-90 Desktop Mic. I get really great reports with it. For me and my needs, the FTDX-10 is a win.

 

[TAC4]

Nice radio, the VHF/UHF bands are a bonus. Enjoy DXing.

 

[KJ5DYS]

It's selectivity is top notch, and with the adjustable DNR, Contour and Notch filters and the ability to finely adjust the bandwidth and shift it, I can go from barely hearing a CQ to eliminating everything but the voice and make the QSO. I'm having a lot of fun with it. My antenna is the limiting factor; the feed point balun is only up 17' and I was afraid I was building a cloud burner, but it's doing very well. There's a guy in Jordan that comes on here and there. I can hear him but can't get through the pile. I know it's possible because I bagged a station in Saudi one night on 40m when the propagation was seriously smokin.

 

[bill4long]

My problem as a novice is that I buy the Icom 7300 or Yaesu 991a. It would be my first equipment but I like both HF, VHF and UHF

You will not be disappointed with either radio. The receiver on the 7300 is a bit better when listening to very low signals dancing on the noise because direct-sample receivers don't have phase noise due to super-heterodyne mixing. If you want all-in-one, get the 991A. If you get a 991, make sure it's the 991A not the 991. If you don't want all-in-one, get the 7300. Never used an FT-710. Sure does look cool, though. This one may give the 7300 some stiff competition. Great reviews on eham.com. Welcome to ham radio.

 

[W4AXW]

Never used an FT-710.

You can't go wrong with that or a FT-DX10. The receivers and filtering capabilities of both out pace the 7300. I'm working the world on SSB, a 710, 100w and a HexBeam at 25 ft. A stellar rig for the $.