so ive been running an old TS-590SG for a few years now and its a great radio honestly no complaints but im kind of itching to upgrade and these two keep coming up whenever i read around. the IC-7300 is obviously the safer bet, tons of people have it, lots of youtube stuff, price has come down a lot. but the FTDX10 has that roofing filter setup and the RF-direct sampling on the 7300 is impressive but i keep reading mixed things about close-in dynamic range compared to the Yaesu.

thing is my shack is pretty basic — dipole on 40m, an end-fed for the upper bands, and im mostly doing SSB and a little FT8 when the bands are boring. not really contesting seriously. would the roofing filter stuff on the FTDX10 even matter for how im operating or is that more of a contest/crowded band thing. also the 7300 touchscreen looks really nice in videos but i dunno if id actually use it that much day to day.

anyone switched between these two or have both? genuinely cant decide and my wife is starting to ask questions about why i keep watching radio reviews at 11pm

had the 7300 for about three years before i picked up the FTDX10 last spring. honestly both are good radios and you'll be happy either way but since you asked — for casual SSB and FT8 the 7300 is probably the easier choice. the waterfall on it is genuinely great, very intuitive, and the wsjt-x integration is dead simple. i never felt like i was fighting the radio.

the FTDX10 does have a better receiver on paper especially if you're in a situation with strong adjacent signals, the 300hz roofing filter on the 10 is real and you can hear the difference in a pileup. but for a dipole and end-fed on a normal evening ragchew or FT8 session youre probably not going to notice. the preamp and attenuator behavior is also a bit different between them, took me a bit to get used to the Yaesu's approach. i think the 7300 is more immediately friendly if that makes sense. the FTDX10 rewards you if you dig into it.

either way upgrade from the 590 will feel like a lot since that SDR waterfall changes how you operate more than you'd expect.

i went 7300 about 18 months ago and zero regrets, thing just works. the roofing filter argument is real but unless youre in a contest environment or your local band is absolutely packed i think most people wont notice in practice. and the resale value on the icom is pretty solid too if you ever want to move on.