I even messed around with the CW 'auto tune' button which is found next to the main frequency dial. I have played with the various CW functions and they all work as expected. The three digit number shown on the bottom-right menu is the current contact serial number, but if you tap it the count is decremented by one, as indicated by the '-1' visual cue. The default behavior is for the rig to automatically increment the contact serial number whenever M2 is pressed (sending a signal report), although this can be customized in the EDIT/SET menu. The icon on the bottom right is used to track contest contacts. To transmit a preset, you simply press the Transmit button and then tap the memory icon on the screen.

Press the EDIT/SET menu to edit any of the eight TX presets. This menu again demonstrates the thought that the Icom UI engineers put into making this rig functional while easy to use. Obviously this will work better with a smaller span but regardless, when you touch a signal, the screen automatically zooms in on the selection area and places a big square around the selected signal:

You can use the touch screen to select and change to various signals showing on the waterfall. I decided to showcase a few more functional aspects of the 7300's spectrum scope.

The only other available transceiver on the Sherwood list that comes close to this price point is the Elecraft KX3, and that is a 15 watt rig without the 100 watt option. Keep in mind that the IC-7300 costs $1500. Sensitivity, Phase Noise, and Noise floor figures are all very competitive with the other high-end rigs, as well. The IC-7300 performs better than all other Icom rigs and better than any Kenwood radio on the market. It currently places 11th on the list of test receivers for comparison, the only mainstream rigs that perform better are from Elecraft, Flex, one Yaesu rig, and one Ten Tec rig. Now that I have all of the qualifiers out of the way, here's what we believe we know: The IC-7300 is one of the best performing radios at any price based on its Narrow Spaced Dynamic Range results. Until these tests have been officially published, we can assume that they're real (who would take the time to fake ham radio receiver test results?), although we need to accept the fact that until the numbers are published, they may be changed. Some leaked Sherwood Engineering test results have started showing up on the Internet.

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