I recently upgraded the shack radios to a pair of newer Icom’s, Both a 7300 and a 9700. (The IC9100 has become a backup) The 9700 has become the primary VHF/UHF contest radio here, and with thi...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2022/06/13/3d-printed-leo-bodnar-mini-gps-bracket-for-icom-ic-9700/
I wrote a post in august 2017 lamenting the power output woes of my IC9100 radio, problems with the Blade fuses getting VERY warm and causing voltage drop. I thought I had solved he issue with cl...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2020/09/12/fixing-icom-hf-ic-9100-low-power-output-problems-once-and-for-all/
Over the past couple of months, I had noticed some strange power output issues with my IC9100. I don’t use the radio a great deal, but at times, i would see the output power indicator drop over...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2017/08/08/icom-ic-9100-low-power-output-problems/
i happened to come across a second hand Icom IC-2820H Deathstar radio recently at a very good price and purchased it for the shack/one of the cars. BUT… it was missing the GPS antenna to allow...
Icom has Released a new firmware update for the IC9100 radio. IC-9100 Firmware Rev. E3 is now downloadable form the Icom Japan website. It is a stand alone .exe file that will install the E3 fi...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2015/03/09/ic9100-firmware-update-e3-2015/
The other week, a friend of mine Rob VK2GOM shared a photo of a 1:1 current balun he had built to try and reduce some local noise issues he had at his home. His device had improved his experienc...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2015/03/08/trying-to-overcome-suburban-noise/
The IC-9100 that I have has a USB port on the back that allows audio and cat control directly from the radio. It works as advertised, and works generally well.. BUT.. a number of the software pro...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2014/12/04/icom-ic-9100-rts-cat-control/
I was cleaning up the other day and found my old Icom IC-706Mk2G radio. It had been in a box since semi retirement a while ago when I upgraded the radio in the car! It still gets used from time t...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2014/10/04/icom-ic-706mk2g-remote-head-latch-repair/
I had a local Melbourne ham who is a member of my local Ham club EMDRC ask me today if I had the 9100 programming software CS-9100 as he was keen for a base line file as a starting point as the ...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2013/12/11/ic-9100-icf-programming-file/
Peter, VK5KX has modified my IC-9100 INI file to work with the new Icom IC-7100. He has modified the radio address (hex) only, and the same operation and limitations as my original IC-9100 versio...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2013/09/16/icom-ic-7100-omnirig-ini-file/