There's a delay before newly submitted reviews are Approved and posted in eHam's reviews. eHam's Product Reviews are a database of ham radio related products and services personal opinions.Ģ. IMHO it is the best 2 meter mobile you can get.ġ. I strongly recommend this radio to new users who need more power than an HT can provide.and the receiver will spoil you. The radio itself is flawless and the knobs feel more solid than the 2200H knobs which wiggle some( to zero ill effect)
Only one warning.the ptt switch in the mic will is a tiny microswitch.They seem to last 3 years for me.
It rocks! If you need a solid rig get this one.it performs! Look at the QST review and see how the receiver did in their e here proves this radio has great receive performance. It is very easy to program, gets unsolicited reports of good audio and draws less current on high power than the 2200H. It is very sensitive and no is excellent. I was not pleased that the aircraft band is missing in this latest rig but I figured the improved receiver was worth it.I was right.
#ICOM IC 2300 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE UPDATE#
If it gives me trouble I'll be back to update this review, but so far I'm happy )Īfter owning and loving my 2200H for 10 years I decided to buy another 2 meter rig for the car. I don't venture past 25 watts unless I need it and in truth I haven't yet and I do live in mountainous terrain. Beyond that installation was straight forward and I have good audio reports.
#ICOM IC 2300 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE MANUAL#
The real 56 page manual is the way to go. Every manufacturer has their way of doing things and I just needed to put my time in and read the manual - not the quick start guide (that WILL drive you nuts if you're not familiar with ICOM). The only "headache" - and it's really not that bad, was learning to program the radio. I matched the unit to a simple dual band 3/8 wave Comet mag mount antenna for the simple fact I may, or may not, get another radio down the road with UHF capabilities. The audio is crisp, clear and I can actually understand what everyone is saying for once. I must admit I should have done this a long time ago. Very satisfied for a first mono band VHF rig.Īfter sitting on the highway for 8 hrs in a recent winter storm - the worst I ever experienced in my 56 yrs I decided the Baofeng HT was going to get replaced. Very disappointed (obviously) with the useless Skip Channel feature while extra buttons are wasting space. Wing nuts on the rack mount would be desirable (user fixable). But alas, it's buried in a menu.Īll other features have been good to excellent, I love that there is no fan and the radio stays cool. "Reverse" feature is likewise hard to get to. Instead, having a channel get skipped from your scan is almost as difficult as programming the channel in the first place. That was my naive understanding of the "Skip Channel" function before I purchased the radio. It seems to me that if I'm scanning 30 or so local repeaters and the scanner pauses on one that is acting up, has noise on the frequency, hams are doing testing, or maybe it's just a boring conversation about someone's underwear, I should be able to press one of the 26 buttons on my mic and be done with that channel for a while. I'll admit I'm new to the hobby, but when I settled on the ICOM IC-2300H with its stellar reviews, everything needed for basic operation and a microphone with 26 buttons (two 'programmable!') on it, I was really looking forward to the Skip Channel function. Skip Channel feature leaves me nonplussed
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