{"id":33395,"date":"2018-08-04T07:05:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T11:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33395"},"modified":"2018-08-04T07:05:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T11:05:34","slug":"dave-reviews-the-icom-ic-r30-handheld-wide-band-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/dave-reviews-the-icom-ic-r30-handheld-wide-band-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave reviews the Icom IC-R30 Handheld Wide Band Receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Icom IC-R30 handheld wideband receiver at the 2018 Hamvention.<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who notes that he has published his comprehensive review of the Icom IC-R30 handheld wideband receiver.<\/p>\n

Click here to check out Dave’s review.<\/a><\/p>\n

Based on Dave’s evaluation, it sounds like this is one of the better wideband radios, although like similar models, its utility in the HF and mediumwave bands is somewhat limited. He gives the R30 good marks for AGC and notes a lack of spurious emissions on MW. Unlike other wideband handhelds, he noted no mediumwave stations overloading the HF bands. With the unit connected to an external HF antenna however, intense overloading occurred on these bands.<\/p>\n

As I tell anyone considering a wideband handheld, don’t buy it with the intention of logging weak signal DX on the HF bands–it’s just not a great receiver for this. It shines on those higher frequencies starting in the VHF band and moving up.<\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing your review, Dave!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who notes that he has published his comprehensive review of the Icom IC-R30 handheld wideband receiver. Click here to check out Dave’s review. Based on Dave’s evaluation, it sounds like this is one of the better wideband radios, although like similar models, its utility in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,26,5803,43,154],"tags":[2584,4315,5375,2884,5377,7195,4046],"class_list":["post-33395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-scanners","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-dave-zantow-n9ewo","tag-handheld-receivers","tag-ic-r30","tag-icom","tag-icom-ic-r30","tag-icom-ic-r30-review","tag-wideband-receivers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8GD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20706,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/icoms-announcement-includes-two-new-receivers-the-ic-r8600-and-ic-r30\/","url_meta":{"origin":33395,"position":0},"title":"Icom’s announcement includes two new receivers: the IC-R8600 and IC-R30","author":"Thomas","date":"August 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who shares the following info about Icom's announcements at the Tokyo Ham Fair: Well the cat is now really out of the bag now !!\u00a0Icom announced 2 new RECEIVERS at the Tokyo 2016 JARL Ham Fair. 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