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new icom ic 2300h arrived

Rwb

tell the devil im gettin there as fast as i can,r
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looky what my mail carrier left me thursday. i swapped my yaesu ft 2980r in on the 2300.
so far i like it well. i heard how hard it is to program. false. very easy if you read manual first.every brand differs.
nice big screen with 3 color choices,contrast adjustment,4 power setting and A SQUELCH KNOB. high or low mic setting,speaking of mic many functions in it. recieve is very good with low noise with squelch off.
only dislikes i got you must download manual n lack of cooling fan.so far its doing great compare my kenwood tm v 71a screen to the icom 2300h,color n numeral size are both great.
this is a smaller radio but heavy for size.
kenwood excells by backlit keys,otherwise both are great radios. this is my first ever icom.a friend got a new 2300 last stimulus check.his audio got my attention.really great audio so i decided to give icom a try.
1 fault with about 80% of new radios built is the modular plug. but that playing field is level as kenwood,icom n yaesu use those plugs.
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looky what my mail carrier left me thursday. i swapped my yaesu ft 2980r in on the 2300.
so far i like it well. i heard how hard it is to program. false. very easy if you read manual first.every brand differs.
nice big screen with 3 color choices,contrast adjustment,4 power setting and A SQUELCH KNOB. high or low mic setting,speaking of mic many functions in it. recieve is very good with low noise with squelch off.
only dislikes i got you must download manual n lack of cooling fan.so far its doing great compare my kenwood tm v 71a screen to the icom 2300h,color n numeral size are both great.
this is a smaller radio but heavy for size.
kenwood excells by backlit keys,otherwise both are great radios. this is my first ever icom.a friend got a new 2300 last stimulus check.his audio got my attention.really great audio so i decided to give icom a try.
1 fault with about 80% of new radios built is the modular plug. but that playing field is level as kenwood,icom n yaesu use those plugs.View attachment 45266 View attachment 45267 View attachment 45268 View attachment 45269 View attachment 45270 View attachment 45265
Yes indeed! Nice little rig, and like Draws ad said "serious heatsink"!! It is aggravating though, gotta "download" everything nowadays, so I feel ya on that one! And sure, a fan would be awesome!....but...can't imagine how efficient of one you could put in the tiny amount of space. Icom makes a nice compact rig too. I had a 706 Mark ll G for years that I liked a lot!! Congrats on the new rig! Enjoy!!
 
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Yes indeed! Nice little rig, and like Draws ad said "serious heatsink"!! It is aggravating though, gotta "download" everything nowadays, so I feel ya on that one! And sure, a fan would be awesome!....but...can't imagine how efficient of one you could put in the tiny amount of space. Icom makes a nice compact rig too. I had a 706 Mark ll G for years that I liked a lot!! Congrats on the new rig! Enjoy!!
Draws ad.....lol....tablet wouldn't let me type "Crawdad"... sorry......;-)
 
thank ya guys.i like it well so far. as for kenwood ,icom n kenwood are both great radios from what ive observed so far.
i got a 3" fan under the heat sink same as on my tm 271
 
Have two 2300's. One mobile and the other a dedicated 2M FM Base. Have another radio for 2M All mode on a beam. Great radios! Am an Icom guy all the way. Easy to mod also if you want to open up to transmit on the MURS channels etc....
 
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well after using it pretty hard a couple weeks n installing a 4" fan under it as i had planned im liking it real well
 

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